First-Ever Weather Map of Failed Star Reveals Patchy Alien Clouds
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 - 15:00
in Astronomy & Space
For the first time, scientists have created a map of the surface of a failed star. The map shows the weather on the surface of WISE J104915.57-531906.1B (called Luhman 16B for short), the nearest brown dwarf to Earth.