New Delhi, Jan. 6 -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Hubble telescope discovered a new astronomical object in the universe. It's a cloud - starless, gas-rich and dominated by dark matter. It's nicknamed 'Cloud-9.'

Cloud-9 is located 14 million light-years from Earth. The results of this discovery were published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.

NASA said Cloud-9 is the first such object seen in the Universe. It's more formally known as a "Reionisation-Limited H I Cloud" and is considered a "relic" or remnant of early galaxy formation.

"This is a tale of a failed galaxy," said Alejandro Benitez-Llambay of the Milano-Bicocca University in Milan, Italy.

Scientists believe it may help in further understandin...