Exploring a Frozen Extrasolar World
Hilo HI (SPX) Jul 11, 2016 -
Astronomers have "cracked" a very cold case with the dissection of light from the coldest known brown dwarf. In fact, the brown dwarf, named WISE 0855, is billed as the most frigid discrete world yet discovered beyond our solar system. The research also presents the strongest evidence yet for water clouds in the atmosphere of an extrasolar object.
The history of "failed stars" having masse ...
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