Hubble Space Telescope Reveals Corona Protecting Magellanic Clouds

Data and images from the Hubble Space Telescope and Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) revealed a corona protecting the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. The Magellanic Clouds are two galaxies that orbit one another. The Milky Way is pulling them toward itself with its higher gravity. Without the corona, the Milky Way would be siphoning … [Read more…]