Astronomers discover new substellar companion to the Pleiades member star
Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 06:01
in Astronomy & Space
An international team of astronomers has found a new substellar mass companion to one of the stars in the Pleiades open cluster. The discovery could contribute to our understanding of stellar and substellar multiplicity as well as formation mechanisms in this cluster. A study detailing the new findings was published Aug. 5 on the arXiv pre-print server.