Scientific breakthrough as researchers discover ‘window into the dark universe’

Nicknamed Cloud-9, this ethereal object is the first confirmed example of a long-predicted “failed galaxy”—a relic from the ...
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NASA telescope combines 100 maps of the universe into one: 'every astronomer is going to find something of value here'

NASA's SPHEREx telescope unveiled its first full-sky map of the universe, combining more than 100 infrared observations into ...
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Astronomers discover the earliest, hottest galaxy cluster in the universe, and it breaks all the rules

The galaxy cluster appears hotter and more mature than it should for its young age, challenging what we think we know about ...

Hubble’s Newest Discovery Isn’t a Star, It’s a Window Into the Dark Universe

Scientists have identified a strange cosmic relic called Cloud-9 — a starless, gas-filled object dominated by dark matter.
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Astronomers Discover Cloud-9: A Bizarre New Cosmic Object That Formed Like A Galaxy But Never Made Stars

Cloud-9 entered the picture in 2023, when astronomers using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in ...

Hubble observes Cloud-9, a failed galaxy dominated by dark matter

The researchers describe Cloud-9 as a failed galaxy, a "relic" or remnant of the processes that gave rise to early galaxies. Alejandro Benitez-Llambay suggested that the ...
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This Early-Universe Cluster of Galaxies Is Way Hotter Than It Should Be

Gas within the cluster, which existed merely 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang, is at least five times hotter than ...
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Astronomers discover bizarre celestial object with no stars or light: Meet Cloud-9, the first of its kind

Across the observable universe, galaxies appear as luminous islands of stars and gas, anchored by invisible frameworks of ...
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Hubble’s new type find, “Cloud 9,” rewrites galaxy blueprints

Llambay. The object known as Cloud 9 is unusual in a universe in which stars tend to signal the location where the matter has ...
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NASA’s Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object

A team using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless, gas-rich, ...