Brown Dwarf May Be Coldest Known Failed Star

Mar 24, 2011 15:21

European Southern Observatory | Cold, Dim Stars | Space.com

http://www.space.com/11204-coldest-star-discovered-brown-dwarf.html

Astronomers have detected a new candidate for the coldest known star - one whose temperature is roughly equivalent to a fresh cup of tea.

They'll probably outlive the universe, but by then they'll be a couple of very weak cups of tea.

brown dwarfs, dark energy, science, astronomy, stellar evolution, cosmology

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