Astronomers precisely dated a brown dwarf 57 light-years away, unlocking new insights into its formation and evolution.
Key takeaways
- Astronomers Pinpoint Age of Brown Dwarf Just 57 Light-Years Away
- For the first time, astronomers have nailed down the age of a brown dwarf with precision—specifically one orbiting only 57 light-years from Earth. Using a combination ...
- Brown dwarfs sit in the mass gap between the heaviest gas giants and the lightest stars—too massive to be planets, too lightweight to sustain hydrogen fusion like star...
- Astronomers relied on data from the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, cross-referencing the brown dwarf’s motion with stellar population models. Th...
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