A Strange Mènage Á Trois
arXiv:1012.3492
Abstract
The Magellanic Clouds may have joined our Milky Way system quite recently. The Large Magellanic Cloud turns out to be a remarkably luminous object that is close to the upper luminosity limit of the class of magellanic irregular galaxies.
arXiv commentAn edited version of this essay is to appear in the News and Views section of Nature on December 16