Bands of Clouds Swirl Across Brown Dwarf’s Surface
Tuesday, May 5, 2020 - 17:40
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers have detected what appear to be bands of clouds streaking across the surface of a cool star-like body known as a brown dwarf. The bands, resembling those that stripe the surface of Jupiter, were discovered using polarimetry, a technique that works in the same way that polarized sunglasses block out the glare of sunlight. […]