![“Lazy” Start of Star Formation Find from SDSS](/sites/astronomy.as.virginia.edu/files/2023-02/1947566539455113292.jpg)
Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) reached the conclusion that after a “lazy” start of star formation for the first few billion years of their lives, both the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are now forming new stars at a rapid rate. They made the first-ever detailed chemical maps of galaxies beyond our own.