Just 500 light years away, the Chamaeleon Complex, and in particular its dark cloud Chamaeleon I, is a hotbed of young, ...

A Massive, Glow-in-the-Dark Cloud Lurking in Our Cosmic Backyard. The cloud, named Eos, is chock-full of molecular hydrogen and possibly rife with star-forming potential in the future.

This cloud is literally glowing in the dark.” According to researchers, the cloud spans about 40 moon-widths across the sky and has a mass about 3,400 times of the sun. It’s located along the edge of ...

One of the largest structures in the sky, as seen from our perspective, has only just been discovered. It’s an enormous cloud of molecular hydrogen gas that may one day condense down into stars.

The cloud, named Eos after the goddess of Greek mythology who signified the dawn, contains approximately 3,400 solar masses worth of gas. It's also depleted in carbon monoxide, which is why it had ...

The Falcon 9 rocket was launched a little after 5 a.m. Monday, well before first sunlight, and yet the clouds appeared to glow in the dark.

Rare clouds located on the edge of space have been spotted in the night skies over Washington state. Noctilucent clouds, silvery-blue tendrils that glow in the dark, are the rarest and highest ...

If your eastern horizon is clear enough, and dark enough, you might just be able to make out tiny Mercury dotting the chin. The crescent Moon forms an extended smiling face as it passes Venus and ...

NASA caught the sun smiling down on us, literally The dark patches, known as coronal holes, are regions where solar wind escapes more quickly and readily into space. Geomagnetic storms can disrupt ...