The closest dark molecular cloud, Eos, lies 94 parsecs away, holds about 3,400 solar masses of hydrogen, is mostly invisible in CO, and should be destroyed by starlight in about 5.7 million years.
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A Nearby Dark Molecular Cloud in the Local Bubble Revealed via H$_2$ Fluorescence
The closest dark molecular cloud, Eos, lies 94 parsecs away, holds about 3,400 solar masses of hydrogen, is mostly invisible in CO, and should be destroyed by starlight in about 5.7 million years.