Meet ‘Cloud-9,’ a New Type of Object That Shows What a Failed…

The universe is filled with plenty of wonder and mystery, as well as the occasional flop. A new discovery of a dark-matter cloud reveals the remnants of a failed galaxy that didn’t form any stars, ending up as a fossilized relic from the early days of the cosmos.

A team of astronomers unveiled a new type of celestial object, a starless dark matter cloud rich in gas, an ancient leftover from galaxy formation in the early universe. “This is a tale of a failed galaxy,” Alejandro…