How do you find a galaxy that never formed? The standard cosmological model predicts the existence of “failed” galaxies — clumps of dark matter that captured gas but never birthed a star. Because they ...

Well, maybe this newly discovered object should be called a failed galaxy… it has some of the hallmarks of galaxies, dark matter, and gas, namely, but it did fail to form any stars. Meet Cloud-9.

Scientists have uncovered a unique space object located 14 million light-years from Earth that is believed to be a “relic” of early galaxy formation—and, moreover, “the first confirmed detection of ...

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 ...

This image shows the location of Cloud-9, which is 2000 light-years from Earth. The diffuse magenta is radio data from the ground-based Very Large Array (VLA) showing the presence of the cloud. The ...

Astronomers have revealed a new type of cosmic object called Cloud-9 — a dim, starless gas cloud anchored by a massive dark matter halo that may be the first-confirmed failed galaxy. When you purchase ...

Astronomers may have discovered a previously unknown type of astronomical object, nicknamed “Cloud-9,” that could shed light on dark matter, one of the biggest mysteries in the universe. Dark matter ...

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 ...