Rogue Brown Dwarf Lurks In Our Cosmic Neighborhood

Posted by Soulskill on Friday April 9, 2010 @08:20AM from the brown-dwarf-rogue-lurks-in-ironforge dept.

astroengine writes "The UK Infrared Telescope in Hawaii has discovered a lone, cool brown dwarf called UGPSJ0722-05. As far as sub-stellar objects go, this is a strange one. For starters, it's the coolest brown dwarf ever discovered (and astronomers using the UKIRT should know; they are making a habit of finding cool brown dwarfs). Secondly, it's close. In fact, it's the closest brown dwarf to Earth, at a distance of only 10 light years. And thirdly, it has an odd spectroscopic signature, leading astronomers to think that this might be the discovery of a whole new class of brown dwarf."

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Perception... by Jahava · 2010-04-09 08:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Rogue Brown Dwarf Lurks In Our Cosmic Neighborhood
Fortunately, we Humans have Perception, so he's not that big of a threat.
/cast Defensive Stance
Re:Cue the Nibiru quacks by Rhuragh · 2010-04-09 08:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

After reading the first sentence of your reply I started to wonder how Sarah Palin voters were applicable to the discussion.
Re:They probably.... by ArcadeNut · 2010-04-09 09:01 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Troll? Really??
It's called HUMOR... or at least a feeble attempt at it :)

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