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

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

While we explore the far reaches of the universe about ten billion light-years from Earth, our solar neighborhood still holds surprises. An international team, including researchers from ...

Eos may never form stars—but it’s offering a new way to see the invisible parts of our galaxy. The newly identified molecular ...

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

A massive hydrogen cloud near Earth, Eos, was discovered glowing in ultraviolet light - offering new insights into star ...

Molecular clouds are composed of gas and dust and serve a vital purpose in star formation. Eos, a crescent-shaped gas cloud, ...

At 300 light-years away, the interstellar cloud is the closest of its kind ever found to Earth and the largest apparent single structure in the sky.

The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future. By Katrina Miller Stars and planets are born inside swirling clouds of cosmic ...

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Eos, a crescent-shaped gas cloud, is located about 300 light years away from Earth and is the size of 40 moons. A vast molecular cloud where stars are formed was recently spotted − unexpectedly ...