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Negative_Success t1_it2sf34 wrote

"So these are proto-galaxy clouds we think?"

>a surprising finding that could help researchers better understand the origins of galaxies.

"Massive cloud of just hydrogen, like what was present early after the Big Bang?"

>The cloud, made up of hydrogen atoms

"That could collapse to start and build young massive stars?"

>Their unexpected discovery will support numerical simulations to explain how Stephan’s Quintet formed

Was just trying to help... The last one is talking about origin of galaxies, but the cloud isn't nearly dense enough to be forming stars. If you have other questions that were not answered in the article, you did not list them here.

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Negative_Success t1_it2feil wrote

>An international team led by Chinese scientists has discovered the biggest atomic cloud in the universe – a surprising finding that could help researchers better understand the origins of galaxies.

>The cloud, made up of hydrogen atoms, measures about 2 million light years across and is 20 times larger than our Milky Way galaxy[...]

First and partial 2nd paragraph from the linked article.

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