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WISE J085510.83-071442.5 . . . May 2, 2014 5:07 am DanS

Chilly, Chilly, Little Star

A brown dwarf only about three to 10 times Jupiter’s mass couldn’t get fusion going and now sits freezing in space, in the nearby galactic neighborhood. Clara Moskowitz reports.

04-30-14 | Clara Moskowitz

Call this story, “A star is stillborn.”

The object is a brown dwarf, which started off the same way that more conventional stars form, but which lacked the mass required for nuclear fusion to ignite and radiate starlight. What resulted was a body somewhere in between a star and a planet.

Oh, Horatio…

The story.

  • Does it bother anyone else? by bowser 2014-05-06 09:44:00
    • I wouldn't worry about it. by ER 2014-05-06 10:06:35
      • Gravity gives the universe an inherent bias towards collisions by Robert 2014-05-06 17:27:06
        • Any such passing would doubtless include a hail of Oort debris . . . by DanS 2014-05-07 03:38:24
          • Mass 10 superjovians... by ER 2014-05-06 17:48:50
      • This could be just the tip of the iceberg. by ER 2014-05-02 08:59:46
        • If . . . by DanS 2014-05-02 10:00:50
          • There appears to be an upper limit to their numbers. by ER 2014-05-02 10:14:04

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