Simulation (VIDEO)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Caption

The infall of the Magellanic Clouds towards the Milky Way. Observational data is shown on the left with the points representing ionized gas, while the simulation is shown on the right. The colors represent the line-of-sight velocity of the gas and the brightness indicates the relative density. The movie begins 550 million years ago and continues until present day.

Credit

Scott Lucchini

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