"Astronomers Call for Removal of 'Violent Colonialist' Magellan from Night Sky"

Astronomers are calling for the renaming of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two satellite galaxies of the Milky Way, due to the violent colonialist legacy of Ferdinand Magellan, the 16th-century explorer they are currently named after. Magellan's actions, including murder and enslavement, have led astronomers to argue that his name should no longer be associated with these celestial objects. Indigenous peoples had their own names for the clouds, and it was not until the late 19th century that they were named after Magellan. This call for change reflects a broader movement to rename scientific objects and species with objectionable names.