Half a millennium ago, as they traversed the great southern oceans, Portuguese sailors wrote of two clouds lighting up the night skies. These clouds, long known to the people of the Southern Hemisphere, are nearby galaxies: now named the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Astronomers believe,
The Week in Space and Physics #13
The Week in Space and Physics #13
The Week in Space and Physics #13
Half a millennium ago, as they traversed the great southern oceans, Portuguese sailors wrote of two clouds lighting up the night skies. These clouds, long known to the people of the Southern Hemisphere, are nearby galaxies: now named the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. Astronomers believe,