The dark nebula is part of the Circinus West molecular cloud, which stretches for 180 light-years, containing a mass 250,000 ...

What makes the discovery stand out, researchers say, is how it was made: by detecting the cloud’s faint glow in far-ultraviolet light ... a gas-filled cavity in space that surrounds the solar system.

providing a new look at the galactic region surrounding our solar system. The NASA New Horizons spacecraft's extensive observations of Lyman-alpha emissions have resulted in the first-ever map ...

"This cloud is literally glowing in the dark." The cloud is roughly crescent ... The sun and our solar system are passing through the Local Bubble, and have been doing so for the past five million ...