¬†NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has brought us¬†an incredible new infrared photograph of the Small Magellanic Cloud. There’s also a whole mess of information about the cloud and it’s bigger brother (aptly named the Large Magellanic Cloud), the Spitzer Space Telescope, the concept of infrared photography as it relates to astronomy, and how our understanding of the Small Magellanic Cloud is changing. It’s well worth the read, and the image is truly stunning. Give it an eyeballing!

Jim