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

NASA scientists are tracking a star which is so powerful it would rip a human apart if they came within 600 miles - and they ...

Mars has been dimming from our skies as of late, but its rusty hue is still distinctive to spot and the planet will soon ...

Africa has some of the most stunning stargazing spots in the world. With wide-open skies and low light pollution, it makes an ...

An invisible molecular cloud that could shed light on how stars and planets form has been detected surprisingly close to ...

For the first time, astronomers located a molecular cloud by detecting hydrogen, its key component, rather than other ...

The National Science Foundation's Dark Energy Camera reveals a stunning glimpse into the 'dark nebula' known as the Circinus ...

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

Neutron stars are some of the weirdest cosmic objects, and the greatest mysteries lie deep in their hearts.

A Youngstown State University professor contributed to international research published in the journal “Nature” that observed ...

An international team led by a Rutgers University astrophysicist has discovered a vast, potentially star-forming cloud of ...