Waspie_Dwarf Posted May 24, 2017 #1 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Punching Above Its Weight, a Brown Dwarf Launches a Parsec-Scale Jet Quote Astronomers using the SOAR telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory report the discovery of a spectacular extended jet from a young brown dwarf. With masses too low to sustain hydrogen fusion in their interiors, brown dwarfs occupy the mass range between stars and giant planets. While young stars are commonly found to launch jets that extend over a light year or more, this is the first jet with a similar extent detected from a brown dwarf. The result lends new insight into how substellar objects form. Intrinsically faint, brown dwarfs have been more elusive and difficult to study than stars. Although they are often portrayed as exotic creatures as a result, brown dwarfs are actually far more numerous in our Galaxy than stars like the Sun. Read More: National Optical Astronomy Observatory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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