University of Texas: Distant Giant Planets Form Differently Than 'Failed Stars'
February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020
FORT DAVIS, Texas, Feb. 16 [TNSscientificresearch] -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release:
A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed the formation process of giant exoplanets and brown dwarfs, a class of objects that are more massive than giant planets, but not massive enough to ignite nuclear fusion in their cores to shine like true stars. Using direct imaging with giant ground- . . .
A team of astronomers led by Brendan Bowler of The University of Texas at Austin has probed the formation process of giant exoplanets and brown dwarfs, a class of objects that are more massive than giant planets, but not massive enough to ignite nuclear fusion in their cores to shine like true stars. Using direct imaging with giant ground- . . .