A river of hydrogen gas flows outward from the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two dwarf galaxies located in the outskirts of the Milky Way. The contents of this river, called the Magellanic Stream ...
Artist's rendition of the Magellanic Stellar Stream. The Milky Way's nearest neighboring galaxies—the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds—are shown on the right side of the illustration. As these ...