Nasa telescope reveals new type of cosmic object that appears to be a ‘failed galaxy’

Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope captured an object referred to as Cloud-9, 14 million light years from Earth - (Nasa/ ESA/ VLA)

Astronomers using Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a new type of cosmic object that is believed to be a “failed galaxy”.

Dubbed ‘Cloud-9’, the astronomical curiosity is a cloud of dark matter 14 million light-years from Earth that contains no stars.