Blakesley Burkhart, a Rutgers University astrophysicist and professor, has discovered a potentially star-forming cloud that is among the closest to Earth ever detected. The cloud is 300 light years ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists are discovering that clumping clouds supercharge storms in surprising ways — driving heavy, deadly rainfall and flooding ...

Hubble’s latest image peers inside N159, a vast stellar nursery nearby, revealing how cold hydrogen clouds, newborn stars, and powerful stellar forces quietly shape one of our closest galaxies.

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 ...

Molecular clouds are composed of gas and dust and serve a vital purpose in star formation. Eos, a crescent-shaped gas cloud, is located about 300 light years away from Earth and is the size of 40 ...