Discovered: A Cold, Close Neighbor of the Sun

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NASA Science News for April 25, 2014

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered a dim, star-like body that surprisingly is as frosty as Earth's North Pole. This "brown dwarf" is only 7.2 light years away, making it one of the sun's nearest neighbors.

FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/25apr_browndwarf/



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