Do 'Ultracool' Brown Dwarfs Surround Us?

astroengine writes "The recent discovery of two very cool 'T-class' brown dwarfs in our cosmic neighborhood has prompted speculation that there may be many more ultracool 'failed stars' nearby (abstract). Not only are these objects themselves very interesting to study, should there be many such brown dwarfs spanning interstellar space. Perhaps they could be used as 'stepping stones' to the stars."

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Re:I'm not your stepping stone

[Anonymous Coward]

You're dealing with a Level-III Space Nutter, probably the kind that with complete candor and earnestness will say things like "We MUST get off this ROCK"! As if the other rocks out there are different. "The SPECIES must go on!" Usually from someone who is also against socialism, but will spout species-level nonsense every time you show him a picture of a rocket. Someone who thinks "space" is all about "science", but usually doesn't even understand high-school physics.