Record-breaking radio waves discovered from ultra-cool star
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 08:30
in Astronomy & Space
Penn State University astronomers using the world's largest radio telescope, at Arecibo, Puerto Rico, have discovered flaring radio emission from an ultra-cool star, not much warmer than the planet Jupiter, shattering the previous record for the lowest stellar temperature at which radio waves were detected.
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