New observations challenge formation of brown dwarfs

New observations challenge formation of brown dwarfs

Space Daily

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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Apr 08, 2024

The enigmatic birth of stars and their less luminous counterparts, brown dwarfs, has long intrigued astronomers. Recently, an international research team led by Dr. Basmah Riaz from the University Observatory Munich used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe an extremely young brown dwarf, Ser-emb 16. Their findings, which reveal novel structural complexities during

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