Science news articles about 'minimum mass'

... small, faint galaxies that orbit the Milky Way, UC Irvine scientists believe they have discovered the minimum mass for galaxies in the universe – 10 million times the mass of the sun. This mass could ...

... stars or protostars. However, this object has an estimated mass of 60 Jupiters, meaning it is too small ... 15 and 75 Jupiters. (The theoretical minimum mass for a star to sustain nuclear fusion is 75 ...