Comet Enthusiast

This combined radio/optical image shows the Milky Way, Magellanic Clouds, and a new radio image of the Magellanic Stream. "The new age of the stream puts its beginning at about the time when the two Magellanic Clouds may have passed close to each other, triggering massive bursts of star formation," Nidever said. "The strong stellar winds and supernova explosions from that burst of star formation could have blown out the gas and started it flowing toward the Milky Way."