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Researchers observed two ice giant exoplanets colliding around a sun-like star, causing an intense burst of light and dust. This discovery, made by an international team of astronomers, could lead to the formation of new moons around a newly-formed planet in the future. The study, published today
Citizen scientists have discovered a new object orbiting a Sun-like star that had been missed by previous searches. The object is very distant from
A telescope built by Space Dynamics Laboratory has led to the discovery of a brown dwarf dubbed “The Accident.”
A group of volunteers and professional scientists have created a new 3D map of where the closest brown dwarfs to our sun are located. This is actually the most complete map ever created of brown dwarfs in our solar system’s “neighborhood”. Brown dwarfs are objects that are too big to be classified as planets and too small to be categorized as stars. Since they are so faint and somewhat small in size, they are pretty hard to find so the experts needed as much help as they could get in order to find them. The volunteer “citizen scientists” and professional scientists were part of a NA...
Story highlights Brown dwarfs are bigger than Jupiter-sized planets but too small for nuclear fusion, the signature process that gives a star its shine Members of the NASA-funded 'Backyard Worlds: Planet 9' have created the ''most complete'' three-dimensional map of 525 brown dwarfs around the Sun. The 3D map encompasses a radius of 65 light-years, or about 400 trillion miles, with “close neighbours” inhabiting space within about 35 light-years, or 200 trillion miles. To achieve this feat, scientists tapped into the worldwide network of 150,000 volunteers. The study has been published...