The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future.

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 dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Circinus West molecular cloud, located about 2,500 light-years away, is a dense, dark nebula rich in gas and dust, hosting numerous young stars. Within this ...

Scientists have uncovered a colossal, previously hidden hydrogen cloud, named Eos, just 300 light-years from Earth — the ...

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One of the largest structures in the sky, as seen from our perspective, has only just been discovered. It’s an enormous cloud ...

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