This image shows the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light from the He

This image shows the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light from the He

This image shows the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy in infrared light from the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency-led mission, and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope. Considered dwarf galaxies compared to the big spiral of the Milky Way, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the two biggest satellite galaxies of our home galaxy.