Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Astronomers say they have identified a new type of astronomical object that challenges traditional ideas about how galaxies form.

Scientists at NASA have identified a rare cosmic object called Cloud 9, marking the first confirmed example of a failed galaxy dominated by dark matter and completely lacking stars. Cloud 9 is a dark, ...

The object is considered a "failed galaxy" from the early universe that did not form stars. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope helped confirm the discovery. The discovery provides a rare opportunity to ...

Astronomers say they have identified a new type of astronomical object that challenges traditional ideas about how galaxies form. Using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, scientists studied a ...

The object is considered a relic from the early universe because it was unable to accumulate enough gas to create stars. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope confirmed the object is devoid of stars after it ...

Cloud-9 was first discovered about three years ago by a telescope located in Guizhou, China. However, the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) wasn't able to exactly identify it for ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object nicknamed Cloud-9, which is apparently a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud. This object is considered a "relic" or ...

Hubble has revealed a strange cosmic object called Cloud-9, a dark matter–dominated cloud with no stars at all. Scientists believe it is a “failed galaxy,” a leftover building block from the early ...

The Hubble Space Telescope, a partnership of NASA and the European Space Agency, has made a discovery — not by what it saw, but by what it didn't see. Credit: NASA In the beginning, not all amateur ...

NASA scientists have identified what they describe as the universe's first confirmed example of a starless, gas-rich object dominated by dark matter, shedding new light on how galaxies form. The ...