Stormy Weather: Brown Dwarf Star Could Model Extra-Solar Planet Atmosphere

[/caption]Thanks to the help of the infrared camera on the 2.5m telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile, astronomers are taking a very close look at a brown dwarf star named 2MASS J2139. During a recent survey they noticed something a little bit peculiar about this transitional solar system entity. Not only does it lay … Continue reading Stormy Weather: Brown Dwarf Star Could Model Extra-Solar Planet Atmosphere