What happens when galaxies interact
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A new study using data from the Gaia mission reveals that the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is being significantly distorted by gravitational forces from the Large Magellanic Cloud, exhibiting a lack of coherent rotation and demonstrating a stretched, pulled-apart structure as revealed by the positions and motions of its massive stars. Read the full article at https://www.paperleap.com/blog/articles/what-happens-when-entire-galaxies-interact-0cccyd
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