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13.6 billion years stormy glow-in-the-dark massive cloud found lurking neat Earth: Can it impact life on Earth
Astronomers have discovered Eos, a massive molecular cloud, surprisingly close to Earth at just 300 light-years away. This ...
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A strange object 65 billion miles from sun could be the elusive Planet Nine
A team of international scientists has identified a promising Planet Nine candidate by comparing infrared surveys of the sky ...
Evidence of controversial Planet 9 uncovered in sky surveys taken 23 years apart
An object seen to have moved in the time between when it was imaged by the IRAS and AKARI surveys in 1983 and 2006 ...
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'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 ...
A vast molecular cloud, long invisible, is discovered near our solar system
An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially ...
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International Dark Sky Week 2025: See these 10 night sky sights to celebrate
April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...
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Star-forming molecular cloud discovered 'glowing in the dark' unexpectedly near Earth
Eos, a crescent-shaped gas cloud, is located about 300 light years away from Earth and is the size of 40 ... "This cloud is literally glowing in the dark,” Burkhart said. Burkart and her team ...
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Mysterious Dark Comets Puzzle Astronomers
A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and ...