Astronomers studying an extremely metal-poor #dwarfGalaxy find that brown dwarfs, cosmic objects larger than Jupiter but too small to be stars, become lonelier with age as their orbiting companions drift apart due to passing stars' gravitational pull.
Pity the brown dwarf? Not a planet, not a star, but something in between. Not even brown. These red objects are often born with a binary companion, like many stars, but over time they drift apart due to the pull of passing stars. https://t.co/g6uER9OE0w https://t.co/ok0zfgYank
🆕 Hello to the cosmic lonely hearts! The NASA/ESA @HUBBLE_space Telescope has found that brown dwarfs grow lonelier with age... 🥹 https://t.co/im4se1otil
🆕 Hello to the cosmic lonely hearts! @HUBBLE_space Telescope has found that brown dwarfs grow lonelier with age... 🥹 https://t.co/im4se1otil
All by myself... 🎶 Hubble observations show that brown dwarfs – cosmic objects that are too small to be a star, but bigger than Jupiter – don't have long relationships with an orbiting companion. Pairs drift apart due to the pull of bypassing stars: https://t.co/lQ4iv8YY0g https://t.co/ALQPIN3xro
Astronomers explore stellar populations of an extremely metal-poor #dwarfGalaxy @arxiv https://t.co/AvswixYwig