"The Sun is just one among a hundred billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy, each with its own cosmic tale to tell." — Timothy Ferris, in the film Seeing in the Dark The stars seem to change ...

By Katrina Miller Stars and planets are born inside swirling ... And “it is literally glowing in the dark,” she added. Identifying and studying clouds like Eos, particularly based on their ...

These could block the light from the more distant stars, keeping the sky dark. Sadly, this doesn’t work. Those clouds heat up from absorbing all that radiation and soon glow as brightly as any star.