An organic molecule called methanimine was found scattered throughout a dense clump of gas and dust 554 light-years away.

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in Germany and the Centro de Astrobiología, part of ...

Scientists have discovered a massive molecular cloud close to the solar system. As big as 40 full moons as seen from Earth, the vast structure — which poses no threat — is composed primarily of ...

The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud. It harbors the "deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud," according to ESA. Credit: ...

Astronomers have discovered a chemical called methanimine in the core of a pre-stellar cloud 554 light-years away, a finding ...

(CNN) — An invisible molecular cloud that could shed light on how stars and planets form has been detected surprisingly close to Earth. Named Eos after the Greek goddess of the dawn, the cloud of gas ...

Scientists have discovered a potentially star-forming cloud and called it "Eos." It is one of the largest single structures in the sky and among the closest to the sun and Earth ever to be detected.

An artist's rendition of what Eos would look like from Earth if it were visible to the naked eye. NatureLifePhoto / Flickr (New York City Skyline), Burkhart et al. 2025 An international team of ...

Astronomers have made an incredible discovery of a large molecular cloud located just over 300 light-years from Earth that is invisible to the naked eye but detectable in the far-ultraviolet range of ...

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