A Red Dwarf Star with a Brown Dwarf Companion is Changing our Perception of How Stars and Planets Form

A Red Dwarf Star with a Brown Dwarf Companion is Changing our Perception of How Stars and Planets Form
By Matthew Williams (https://ift.tt/BiDmy09)

An international team of astronomers using the combined powers of space-based and ground-based observatories, including the W.M. Keck Observatory and Subaru Telescope on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have discovered a brown dwarf companion orbiting a nearby red dwarf star, providing key insight into how stars and planets form.

November 4, 2025 at 03:41AM
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