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

Named Eos, the cloud of gas would appear huge in the night sky if visible to the naked eye and could shed light on solar ...

A newly found, huge cloud near our solar system probably won't form stars, but will rather disperse as part of a feedback ...

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

A giant object that has been lurking in the relative galactic vicinity of the Solar System this entire time has just been ...

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.

An invisible molecular cloud that could shed light on how stars and planets form has been ... the cloud of gas would appear huge in the night sky if visible to the naked eye.

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".

Looking at the stars, or even the depth of a blue sky on a clear day, gives me perspective. Stargazing, funnily enough, helps ...

A vast star-forming cloud of molecular hydrogen that is one ... An artist's impression shows what Eos would look like in the night sky if the vast molecular cloud was visible to the naked eye.