It's Freezing on the Surface of this Nearby Star-like Object

Our stellar neighborhood just got a little busier … and a little colder. A brown dwarf that’s as frosty as the Earth's North Pole has been discovered lurking incredibly close to our Solar System. Astronomer Keven Luhman from Pennsylvania State University used NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and the Spitzer Space Telescope to pinpoint […]