Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Color photography by David Malin. The southern sky contains wonders almost unknown in the north. The SMC contains many young, hot, blue stars indicating it has undergone a recent period of star formation, possibly due to a collision with the LMC 500 million years ago . The bright object on the right is a globular cluster near the outskirts of the Milky Way .
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