Unique 'Failed Star' Is Like Nothing Else in the Milky Way, Study Finds
Aristos Georgiou 13 hrs ago
Astronomers have uncovered fascinating new details about a bizarre "failed star" that has a set of "unusual" properties and "unique" traits that distinguish it from every other known object like it in our galaxy.
This artist’s illustration shows a dim, cold brown dwarf in space.© IPAC/Caltech This artist’s illustration shows a dim, cold brown dwarf in space.
In the study, which was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, astronomers analyzed data regarding a peculiar object known as WISEA J153429.75-104303.3, which has been dubbed "The Accident" due to the fortuitous manner of its recent discovery.
The Accident is a type of brown dwarf—a class of astronomical objects with a mass between that of a planet and a star. In fact, these objects are often referred to as "failed stars" because while they form in much the same way, they do not have the required mass to kickstart the crucial process of nuclear fusion that gives birth to true stars.
The findings of the latest paper suggest that there may be many more brown dwarfs in the universe than previously thought, given that The Accident does not appear to resemble any of the roughly 2,000 brown dwarfs that have been found in the Milky Way to date.
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