Scientists have announced that they have discovered a brown dwarf whose temperature exceeds that of the Sun.
Brown dwarf.
Brown dwarf. (Illustration: newsspacedreɑm).
According to Sputnik (Russia), located 1,400 light years from Earth, the newly discovered brown dwarf is named WD0032-317Ɓ. This object was discovered by a team of researchers, astrophysicist Ɲa’ama Hallakoun from the Weizmɑnn Institute of Science (Israel).
specifically, brown dwarf WD0032-317B orbits the host star in an orbit so close that it maintains temperatures above 8,000 Kelvin (7,727 degrees Celsius). Officials note that this temperature is high enough to break molecules in the atmosphere into synthetic atoms. Meanwhile, the Sun’s temperature is only 5,778 Kelvin (5,505 degrees Ϲ).
SO, This brown dwarf broke the record for the hottest object in the universe. Normally, brown dwarfs are hotter than planets, but they are always cooler than the coldest red dwarfs.
Previously, the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (SASA) described brown dwarfs as small, lower-mass stars that are intermediate objects between gas giant planets. Brown dwarfs are 13 to 80 Jupiter masses. Although many brown dwarfs have been discovered so far, such a hot object orbiting other stars is a rarity.
These objects are often difficult to access because they emit light and low levels of energy. In fact, scientists first discovered brown dwarfs in the late 1980s.
In addition to the exciting discovery of this exceptionally hot object, the team of astronomers announced brown dwarf WD0032-317B could help them better understand Jupiteras well as other gas giant planets orbiting large hot stars are difficult to study due to their activity and rotational speed.
Source of the article: Sputnik
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Scientists have announced that they have discovered a brown dwarf whose temperature exceeds that of the Sun.
