Hubble confirms dark starless relic cloud near galaxy M94
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 06, 2026
A team using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has identified a new type of astronomical object, a starless gas-rich dark-matter cloud considered a relic of early galaxy formation and nicknamed "Cloud-9." The object is the first confirmed example of a Reionization-Limited H I Cloud, or RELHIC, a neutral hydrogen cloud from the early universe that never formed stars.
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Published by SpaceDaily on 01/06/2026
