This page contains a list of all spectroscopically confirmed ultracool objects up to date. The list was mostly built upon the “L, T and Y Dwarf Census Through February 2014“, constructed by …

An ultra-cool dwarf is a stellar or sub-stellar object of spectral class M that has an effective temperature under 2,700 K (2,430 °C; 4,400 °F). TRAPPIST-1 is one of the best known …

We search for and spectroscopically characterize the coldest T- and Y-type brown dwarfs through our collaboration with Backyard Worlds: Planet 9; and investigate atmospheric phenomenon, …

Jan 11, 2023 · Cool red dwarfs are the most common sort of star in our Milky Way galaxy. But astronomers said yesterday (January 10, 2022) that they’ve discovered what they called the …

May 2, 2016 · Astronomers using the TRAPPIST telescope at the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) La Silla have discovered three planets orbiting an ultracool dwarf star …

Jan 22, 2023 · A team of astrophysicists has discovered a binary pair of ultra-cool dwarfs so close together that they look like a single star. They're remarkable because they only take 20.5 …

Jan 11, 2023 · Ultracool dwarf stars are difficult to see with the human eye because they emit most of their energy in the infrared spectrum. In other words, they don't burn bright enough to …

Jan 27, 2025 · Just like the embers of an abandoned campfire can only cool down with time, the white dwarf Sun will gradually become dimmer and cooler as it radiates its heat away into space.

Mar 10, 2017 · Transiting planets block a tiny fraction of starlight that produces miniscule dips in the brightness of their host star. An Earth-size planet passing in front of a small ultra-cool …

Located just 471 light-years away, the star SDSS J013333.08+003223.7 is a tiny cool dwarf star that in a brief moment gave off ten times the light of our Sun. This star is roughly 1/3 the mass …

May 2, 2016 · Now for the first time, our international team has found Earth-sized planets around a type of star so extreme it’s referred to as an “ultracool dwarf.” This is the first time planets …

This name generator will give you 10 random names for dwarves. Dwarves come in many different forms, but they usually have traits in common. They usually live in mountains, they usually …

Nov 9, 2016 · There’s a major difference between ultracool dwarfs (stars of spectral type higher than M7 and brown dwarfs) and Sun-like stars: their internal structures. Sun-like stars have a …

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