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The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future.
Despite being 3,400 times the mass of the sun and just 300 light-years away, the hydrogen cloud had gone unnoticed until now.
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Futurism on MSNScientists Intrigued by Glowing Cloud Near Our Solar SystemAs detailed in a paper to be published in the journal Nature Astronomy, the international team of researchers spotted the ...
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Space.com on MSNScientists find giant, hidden gas cloud only 300 light-years away: 'This cloud is literally glowing in the dark'It's named Eos, after the Greek goddess of the dawn, and contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas.
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Live Science on MSNScientists spot a 'dark nebula' being torn apart by rowdy infant stars — offering clues about our own solar system's pastThe National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus ...
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IFLScience on MSNThere’s An Enormous "Glow In The Dark" Cloud Of Gas We Never Noticed Remarkably Close To EarthOne of the largest structures in the sky, as seen from our perspective, has only just been discovered. It’s an enormous cloud ...
Astronomers finally spotted a previously 'invisible' object near our solar system when they realized it was actually glowing ...
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