NASA’s Hubble Discovers ‘Cloud-9’ (Jan 2026)

NASA’s Hubble Discovers ‘Cloud-9’ (Jan 2026)

Type: Starless, gas-rich, dark matter cloud
Location: Near Messier 94, 14 million light-years away
Features:
Neutral hydrogen (~1 million solar masses)
Diameter: 4,900 light-years
Dark matter: ~5 billion solar masses


Significance: Relic of early galaxy formation, invisible in visible light, detected via hydrogen