Wednesday, August 6, 2014

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Planet-like object may have spent its youth as hot as a star

Posted: 05 Aug 2014 07:25 AM PDT

Astronomers have discovered an extremely cool object that could have a particularly diverse history - although it is now as cool as a planet, it may have spent much of its youth as hot as a star. The current temperature of the object is 100-150 degrees Celsius, intermediate between that of the Earth and Venus. But the object shows evidence of a possible ancient origin, implying that a large change in temperature has taken place.

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