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September 11, 2013

Coldest Brown Dwarfs Blur Lines between Stars and Planets
Boston MA (SPX) Sep 11, 2013
Cambridge, MA - Astronomers are constantly on the hunt for ever-colder star-like bodies, and two years ago a new class of objects was discovered by researchers using NASA's WISE space telescope. However, until now no one has known exactly how cool their surfaces really are - some evidence suggested they could be room temperature. A new study shows that while these brown dwarfs, sometimes called failed stars, are indeed the coldest known free-floating celestial bodies, they are warmer than previous ... read more

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