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  1. 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.
    nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science
    archive.ph/2rbva

  2. 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.
    nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science
    archive.ph/2rbva

  3. This ‘Galaxy That Wasn’t’ Never Bore Any Stars
    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: . The object is starless, consisting of only a haze of hydrogen gas that believe is swaddled in a much more massive clump of , the invisible substance that permeates the cosmos.
    nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science
    archive.ph/2rbva

  4. 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.
    nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science
    archive.ph/2rbva

  5. 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.
    nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science
    archive.ph/2rbva