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

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

The dark cloud shown here stretches an estimated 180 light-years across, or more than 60 times wider than our solar system, ...

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

An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...

If dark energy is weakening, as suggested by recent results, then the cosmos is far stranger than most physicists had ...

Mar. 17, 2025 — A combination of cosmic processes shapes the formation of one of the most common types of planets outside of our solar system, according to a new ... Webb Telescope Captures Its ...

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

around 60 times the size of our solar system. Nebulas like this are so dense that light cannot pass through them, resulting in their dark, ink-like appearance and the fitting nickname "dark nebulas." ...