One of the largest structures in the sky, as seen from our perspective, has only just been discovered. It’s an enormous cloud ...

Eos may never form stars—but it’s offering a new way to see the invisible parts of our galaxy. 4.5 billion years ago the Sun ...

The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

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

The cloud, called a dark nebula, is so dense that the hot, bright, baby stars within are hidden from view – but hints of ...

The dark cloud shown here stretches an estimated 180 light-years across, or more than 60 times wider than our solar system, and contains the equivalent mass of 250,000 suns.

A giant object that has been lurking in the relative galactic vicinity of the Solar System this entire time has just been unmasked in all its enormous, invisible glory.

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

As scientists and space enthusiasts commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope's 35 years in orbit, the mission team joined in by ...

The gorgeous Eagle Nebula is one of the most iconic objects in the cosmos, known affectionately as the Pillars of Creation.

The Hubble Space Telescope launched on April 24, 1990, aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-31), and deployed into Earth ...