Webba Telescope has opened new 9 brown dwarfs: Details
The first brown dwarf was opened in 1995
Webb Space Telescop
James Webba Space Telescope has recorded nine new brown dwarfs.
They « hid » among young stars in the molecular cloud of Perseus, located about 1000 light years from Earth, reports Space.
Brown dwarfs are jokingly called « unsuccessful stars ». They are formed in the same way as ordinary stars – from a cloud of gas and dust, but do not have enough mass to « start » hydrogen synthesis with helium in their nuclei. It is this synthesis that is needed to « turn » into a star.
Two of the newly open brown dwarfs are the smallest among all known modern science. Previously, it was believed that the minimum mass of this celestial body is 13 masses of Jupiter, then they are only a double mass of Jupiter.
”Also, one of the brown dwarfs near Jupiter demonstrates signs of a disk of gas and dust. This indicates that it can have raw materials to create planets« , – said Astrone Kevin Luman.
In addition, their « signals » found signs of unidentified hydrocarbon – a chemical compound consisting exclusively of hydrogen and carbon atoms. Its origin remains a mystery.
According to the researcher, this compound was previously detected only in the atmosphere of Saturn and his largest satellite – Titan, but not Jupiter. Therefore, in the following stages, scientists plan to explore why it appeared in this part of the galaxy.
We will remind, on the night from 10 to 11 June in the sky He went down Full « strawberry » month. Despite its name, it was yellow-orange when it took place near the horizon.
