The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered that the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is losing its gas halo due to a close encounter with the Milky Way. The interaction has caused the LMC’s gas halo to shrink to just 50,000 light-years across, shedding light on the gravitational forces at play between galaxies. This revelation offers valuable insights into galactic interactions and their role in shaping the evolution of galaxies and their environments.
