The discovery of Eos, the closest known molecular cloud to Earth and one of the largest structures in the night sky, hints at ...

The find shines light on how galaxies begin to turn gas and dust "into stars and planets," said astrophysicist Blakesley ...

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

Stars and planets are formed from so-called molecular clouds. Now, using a new method, a particularly close one has been discovered and christened "Eos". An international research group has ...