Astronomers Unveil Eos, a Massive Hidden Molecular Cloud Near Earth

Scientists have discovered a molecular cloud 300 light-years from Earth by directly searching for far-ultraviolet emission from molecular hydrogen.

Astronomers discover giant, glowing molecular cloud hidden in Earth's cosmic neighborhood

The cloud, named Eos after the Greek goddess of dawn, had eluded researchers because it contains very little carbon monoxide An international team of researchers has discovered a massive molecular cloud that, if we could see it in our sky, would appear to stretch as big as 40 moons. The cloud had been hiding relatively near to Earth, and the find promises to shed new light on the formation of stars and planets. Molecular clouds are made up of ga…

A gas cloud 5,500 times as massive as the sun lurks nearby

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 international group of astronomers has identified an immense spatial structure surprisingly located near our cosmic neighborhood. Eos, a huge cloud composed mainly of molecular hydrogen, located just 300 light years from Earth, detailed El Confidencial.

'It's huge, and it's been hidden for this whole time': Gigantic, glow-in-the-dark cloud near Earth surprises astronomers

The discovery of Eos, the closest known molecular cloud to Earth and one of the largest structures in the night sky, hints at the presence of many previously unseen clouds throughout the galaxy.

An international team of scientists, led by an astrophysicist from Rutgers-New Brunswick University, has discovered a cloud with stellar formation potential. This cloud is one of the largest individual structures in the sky and one of the closest to the Sun and Earth ever detected. The huge hydrogen ball, invisible to scientists for a long time, was revealed by looking for its main component: molecular hydrogen.