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Hubble finds source of Magellanic Stream: Astronomers explore origin of gas ribbon wrapped around our galaxy Posted: 08 Aug 2013 09:33 AM PDT Astronomers have solved a 40-year mystery on the origin of the Magellanic Stream, a long ribbon of gas stretching nearly halfway around our Milky Way galaxy. New Hubble observations reveal that most of this stream was stripped from the Small Magellanic Cloud some 2 billion years ago, with a smaller portion originating more recently from its larger neighbor.

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