Wednesday, August 24, 2011

NASA Satellite Finds Coldest, Darkest Stars Yet

By Danielle Venton
From Wired.com
NASA's Wide Infrared Survey Explorer finds stars that are as cool as the human body. The WISE satellite that was decomissioned this year, returned data revealing 100 new born dwarfs. Dwarfs are sometimes called "Failed" stars. Six of these classified as Cool Y's. Y dwarfs are the dimmest stars of the brown dwarf family. "With the discover of Y dwarfs weve moved out of the kitchen, and into the cooler parts of the house."