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A team using Hubble Space Telescope has announced the discovery of a completely new celestial object in the universe, titled "Cloud-9". It is a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud that is considered a 'relic' or remnant of early galaxy formation.


A team using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object – a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud that is considered a 'relic' or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed 'Cloud-9,' this is the first confirmed detection of such an object in the Universe.

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