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General => Science => Topic started by: Tank on August 28, 2011, 10:20:14 AM

Title: Coldest 'Missing Link' Brown Dwarf Discovered
Post by: Tank on August 28, 2011, 10:20:14 AM
Coldest 'Missing Link' Brown Dwarf Discovered (http://news.discovery.com/space/coldest-missing-link-brown-dwarf-discovered-110825.html)

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QuoteBrown dwarfs are strange celestial objects. They're not stars, they're not planets, yet they exhibit characteristics of both. And now astronomers using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have discovered the coolest of a cool class of brown dwarfs, potentially providing some answers as to what makes a planet and what makes a star...

Another scientific prediction is confirmed. These objects will be some of the longest lived in the Universe and could well be considered immortal.
Title: Re: Coldest 'Missing Link' Brown Dwarf Discovered
Post by: Sweetdeath on August 30, 2011, 06:20:48 PM
Oooh, that's super interesting. In other news, brown dwarfs are now gods. XD 
Title: Re: Coldest 'Missing Link' Brown Dwarf Discovered
Post by: Davin on August 30, 2011, 06:35:47 PM
If the core is still warm, maybe it can be hollowed out into a small Dyson Sphere (small in this case still being kind of big).
Title: Re: Coldest 'Missing Link' Brown Dwarf Discovered
Post by: Asmodean on August 30, 2011, 09:17:38 PM
A black hole would, if encountered, put a somewhat negative spin on the immortality though...  :-\
Title: Re: Coldest 'Missing Link' Brown Dwarf Discovered
Post by: Tank on August 30, 2011, 09:20:59 PM
Quote from: Asmodean on August 30, 2011, 09:17:38 PM
A black hole would, if encountered, put a somewhat negative spin on the immortality though...  :-\
Quite so.
Title: Re: Coldest 'Missing Link' Brown Dwarf Discovered
Post by: OldGit on August 31, 2011, 11:55:27 AM
But it's not brown - it's purple.  ???
Title: Re: Coldest 'Missing Link' Brown Dwarf Discovered
Post by: Tank on August 31, 2011, 12:06:04 PM
Quote from: OldGit on August 31, 2011, 11:55:27 AM
But it's not brown - it's purple.  ???
Sharp as a tack! There's no foolin' you is there  :D