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

An enormous molecular cloud has been discovered near Earth, surprising astronomers. It was named Eos, after the Greek goddess ...

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

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

Researchers discovered Eos, a molecular cloud, using ultraviolet light. It is near Earth and lacks carbon monoxide. This ...

Despite being 3,400 times the mass of the sun and just 300 light-years away, the hydrogen cloud had gone unnoticed until now.

Hello, Eos! Recently discovered molecular cloud is believed to be one of the largest structures in the sky and among the ...

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

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

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.

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 ...