It's named Eos, after the Greek goddess of the dawn, and contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas.

Despite being 3,400 times the mass of the sun and just 300 light-years away, the hydrogen cloud had gone unnoticed until now.

The scientists have named the molecular hydrogen cloud “Eos,” after the Greek goddess of mythology who is the personification ...

The SwRI-led NASA New Horizons mission’s extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map from the galaxy in Lyman-alpha light. This SwRI-developed Alice ...

The NASA New Horizons spacecraft's extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map from ...

An international team led by a Rutgers University astrophysicist has discovered a vast, potentially star-forming cloud of ...

Scientists have unveiled an enormous gas cloud just 300 light-years from the solar system that measures about full 40 moons ...

Astronomers finally spotted a previously 'invisible' object near our solar system when they realized it was actually glowing ...

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A celestial shadow known as the Circinus West molecular cloud creeps across this image captured from Chile with the ...