Is it possible for a star to burn cold? The answer is not as simple as you may think; while all sars burn hot, there are some cold enough to touch (if you survive the vacuum of space).
In 2011, NASA’s satellite WISE discovered six Y-Dwarf stars burning as cold as ice, not even forty light years away from our own sun. This type of star is often referred to as a Brown Dwarf, or a failed star. There are three types of Brown Dwarfs; L-Dwarf, T-Dwarf, and Y-Dwarf, the Y-Dwarf being the coldest. About one hundred total Brown Dwarfs were found, the coldest of which being just lower than eighty degrees Fahrenheit. Brown Dwarfs have an atmosphere much like gas-giants like Jupiter, but are much easier to observe because they are isolated and have
In 2011, NASA’s satellite WISE discovered six Y-Dwarf stars burning as cold as ice, not even forty light years away from our own sun. This type of star is often referred to as a Brown Dwarf, or a failed star. There are three types of Brown Dwarfs; L-Dwarf, T-Dwarf, and Y-Dwarf, the Y-Dwarf being the coldest. About one hundred total Brown Dwarfs were found, the coldest of which being just lower than eighty degrees Fahrenheit. Brown Dwarfs have an atmosphere much like gas-giants like Jupiter, but are much easier to observe because they are isolated and have