Astronomers on ‘Cloud-9’ After Discovering First-of-Its-Kind Space Object

Astronomers just found “Cloud-9,” a massive, starless, dark-matter-stuffed gas blob floating 14 million light-years away that’s basically the universe’s biggest failure of a galaxy — like it got invited to the cosmic party, showed up with snacks, but forgot to bring any stars. This primordial wannabe is proof that even in space, some things just never quite make it. No glow-up, no spiral arms, just a giant cloud of “maybe someday” hydrogen chilling with dark matter like the shy kid at the dance. Scientists are thrilled because apparently learning from galactic dropouts is how we crack the code of the dark universe.