David Maiullo setting up a demo before lecture
(Apr 28, 2025)
Nature Astronomy published an article led by Prof Blakesley Burkhart titled "A nearby dark molecular cloud in the Local Bubble revealed via H_2 fluorescence". They've named the cloud Eos.
Rutgers issued a press release about the work here. The lede of the release reads as follows:
An international team of scientists led by a Rutgers University-New Brunswick astrophysicist has discovered a potentially star-forming cloud that is one of the largest single structures in the sky and among the closest to the sun and Earth ever to be detected.
The full Nature Astronomy article is available here.
The New York Times has a story on Blakesley's discovery of the Eos Cloud.
Congratulations to Blakesley and her team on this fascinating discovery!
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