Jets from a brown dwarf (artist's impression)

Using ESO's VLT, astronomers found jets coming out from a 24 Jupiter-mass brown dwarf, showing that outflows are rather ubiquituous in the Universe and leading to the prospect that that young giant planets could also be associated with outflows.

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ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0724a
Type:Ontwerp
Publicatiedatum:23 mei 2007
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0724
Grootte:1281 x 1022 px

Over het object

Naam:Brown dwarf, Stars
Type:Unspecified : Star : Type : Brown Dwarf
Unspecified : Star
Categorie:Illustrations
Stars

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