VLT's SPHERE highlights a missing brown dwarf

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The ESO has turned the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research instrument (SPHERE) towards an unusual double star with the expectation of finding an orbiting brown dwarf. However, the observations didn’t quite go according to plan, with the instrument – which is the latest addition to the Very Large Telescope (VLT) – coming up short. The findings have led to an ongoing re-examination of the cause of the binary stars’ unusual behaviour. .. Continue Reading VLT's SPHERE highlights a missing brown dwarf

Section: Space

Tags: ESO, Sphere, Stars, VLT

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