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Rogue Brown Dwarf Lurks In Our Cosmic Neighborhood
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."
Don't forget the 2012 idiots either.
Really, how the hell did the deliberate misreading of a pagan calendar (even if it was more accurate than our own) get accepted as a signal of the end of the world by Xtian fundies? Boggles the mind.
"Think about how stupid the average person is. Now, realise that half of them are dumber than that." - George Carlin
OMG, how come it's always the BROWN dwarves that scare people so much, and nobody ever seems to worry about the white ones?
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Not everyone here on /. is American... I mean racist.