Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬This ‘Galaxy That Wasn’t’ Never Bore Any Stars
#Astronomers announced the almost-galaxy is about 14M light-years from Earth. It was ninth cloud found to be associated with a nearby spiral galaxy, leading to its serendipitous name: #Cloud9. The object is starless, consisting of only a haze of hydrogen gas that #astronomers believe is swaddled in a much more massive clump of #darkmatter, the invisible substance that permeates the cosmos.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science/cloud-9-starless-dark-galaxy.html
https://archive.ph/2rbva
#Astronomers announced the almost-galaxy is about 14M light-years from Earth. It was ninth cloud found to be associated with a nearby spiral galaxy, leading to its serendipitous name: #Cloud9. The object is starless, consisting of only a haze of hydrogen gas that #astronomers believe is swaddled in a much more massive clump of #darkmatter, the invisible substance that permeates the cosmos.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science/cloud-9-starless-dark-galaxy.html
https://archive.ph/2rbva
