These Brown Dwarfs Challenge How We Define Stars and Planets
Straddling the Cosmic Divide (Image Credits: Cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net) Astronomers face a persistent challenge in classifying brown dwarfs, celestial bodies that occupy the ambiguous space between gas giant planets and true stars.[1][2] Straddling the Cosmic Divide Brown dwarfs emerge as too massive to fit neatly as planets yet too small to shine as stars. These objects typically ...












