Star is discovered to be a close neighbor of the Sun and the coldest of its kind
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 17:30
in Astronomy & Space
A 'brown dwarf' star that appears to be the coldest of its kind -- as frosty as Earth's North Pole -- has been discovered by astronomers. The object's distance at 7.2 light-years away, making it the fourth closest system to our Sun.