Massive Gas Cloud ‘Eos’ Discovered Near Our Solar System

Astronomers have found a gigantic interstellar gas cloud called Eos, situated about 94 parsecs (around 307 light-years) from the Sun. This dark molecular cloud consists mainly of molecular hydrogen and weighs an estimated 5,500 times as much as our Sun. Eos had not been detected earlier because it does not contain carbon monoxide, which is […]