What will happen when the Large Magellanic Cloud collides with the Milky Way?

If the Magellanic Stream is closer, especially the leading arm closest to our galaxy, then it’s likely to be incorporated into the Milky Way sooner than the current model predicts. Eventually, that gas will turn into new stars in the Milky Way’s disk.

Does the Large Magellanic Cloud orbit the Milky Way?

The Magellanic Clouds are comprised of two irregular galaxies, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), which orbit the Milky Way once every 1,500 million years and each other once every 900 million years.

How far is the Large Magellanic Cloud from the Milky Way?

158,200 light years
Large Magellanic Cloud/Distance to Earth

Is the Milky Way falling apart?

Milky Way is being slowly ‘pulled apart’ by the gravity of a neighbouring galaxy – causing it to twist and deform with ‘extreme violence’ The Milky Way Galaxy is being gradually twisted and deformed by the gravitational force of satellite galaxy the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), astronomers claim.

Is the Milky Way falling?

Our galaxy, the Milky Way, is falling towards the Andromeda galaxy. In about 4 billion years, these galaxies will collide.

What is closest galaxy to Milky Way?

Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
The Large and Small Magellanic clouds were thought to be the closest galaxies to ours, until 1994, when the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG) was discovered. In 2003, the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy was discovered – this is now the closest known galaxy to ours!

What is the Milky Way cloud?

Milky Way Galaxy, large spiral system consisting of several hundred billion stars, one of which is the Sun. It takes its name from the Milky Way, the irregular luminous band of stars and gas clouds that stretches across the sky as seen from Earth.

What are the clouds in the Milky Way?

The Magellanic Clouds (or Nubeculae Magellani) are two irregular dwarf galaxies visible in the Southern Celestial Hemisphere; they are members of the Local Group and are orbiting the Milky Way galaxy. Because both show signs of a bar structure, they are often reclassified as Magellanic spiral galaxies.