New Tour Of Magellanic Clouds Use Most Detailed Surveys Ever Captured | Video

Monday, June 3, 2013 - 15:30 in Astronomy & Space

Using NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers at NASA and Pennsylvania State University created the most detailed ultraviolet light surveys of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the two closest major galaxies, in a mosaic 14,000 light-years across.

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