How complete is our census of the Sun's closest neighbors? Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun - objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown dwarfs. With the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, the researc
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Hundred cool worlds found near the sun
Maunakea HI (SPX) Aug 19, 2020
How complete is our census of the Sun's closest neighbors? Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun - objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown dwarfs. With the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, the researc
How complete is our census of the Sun's closest neighbors? Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun - objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown dwarfs. With the help of W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea in Hawaii, the researc
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