Astronomers have discovered a massive molecular cloud that is also a huge possible star producer - of the celestial sort. The cloud has been hiding in plain sight. Astronomers just needed the right ...

A Rutgers University research team in New Jersey spotted the newly found cloud, which was named Eos—after the Greek deity of dawn. Being only 300 light-years away, it is the closest known big ...

The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future. By Katrina Miller Stars and planets are born inside swirling clouds of cosmic gas ...