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"It is remarkable that even after many decades of studying the sky, we still do not have a complete inventory of the sun's nearest neighbors," Michael Werner, the project scientist for Spitzer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., said in a statement.
Dubbed WISE J085510.83-071442.5, our newfound neighbor is now the record-holder for the coldest brown dwarf, with a temperature between minus 54 and 9 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 48 to minus 13 degrees Celsius), Luhman and colleagues say. The previous record holders were more tepid, chilling only to room temperature.
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Last year, Luhman used WISE data to reveal a pair of warmer brown dwarfs with a possible exoplanet 6.5 light years away. At such a close distance, that system, dubbed WISE J104915.57-531906, is the third nearest to the sun. The two closer systems are Barnard's star, a red dwarf 6 light-years away that was first seen in 1916, and Alpha Centauri, whose two main stars form a binary pair about 4.4 light-years away.
If there was something as massive as a brown dwarf in our own solar system it would have been discovered by now.
originally posted by: Blarneystoner
Even if "Nibiru" was a dark star, an object of it's supposed size would have an effect on the orbits of other planetary bodies in our solar system, but that's not the case. All of the inner planets have very stable orbits and none of the outer planets have shown any deviations either.
I'm not worried about Nibiru ending the World tomorrow, but I do find it kinda freaky that not only science but "proficiency" seem to be telling us that the World as we know it is going to change in a profound way in the near future.
What if that object was pitch black?
originally posted by: Chadwickus
a reply to: randyvs
It's scientific fact that any object the size of noobiru that's set to hit the earth tomorrow would be clearly visible in the sky.
It's not.
originally posted by: notsure1
a reply to: grindhouzer
What if that object was pitch black?
Then wouldnt you see it during the day?
How light interacts with objects determines what we see. Light rays that come from a source such as the sun reflect off items and enter our eye. Chandrasekhar explains: "When the energy is taken up by the object, it's called absorption, and when" the energy "is bounced back by" the object, "it's called reflection." Objects are selective about which colors they will absorb or reflect. "A black object is black because it's absorbing all the light; it's not reflecting any color," Chandrasekhar says. White objects reflect all color.
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: prevenge
Serious question: have you paid your rent/utility bills, etc? Or do you know in your heart of hearts that this "prophecy" is utter codswallop? And if so, why did you post this at all?
originally posted by: randyvs
a reply to: MountainLaurel
I had no idea
K we need to talk over the PM
I'm not worried about Nibiru ending the World tomorrow, but I do find it kinda freaky that not only science but "proficiency" seem to be telling us that the World as we know it is going to change in a profound way in the near future.
All this effort for fear towards Nibiru is the distraction. It's as if
we purposely look for other things to fear when God is more than enough.
From my POV
Jesus told to fear only God
originally posted by: ketsuko
originally posted by: DJW001
a reply to: prevenge
Serious question: have you paid your rent/utility bills, etc? Or do you know in your heart of hearts that this "prophecy" is utter codswallop? And if so, why did you post this at all?
Serious question: Why would you assume that if someone believed a prophecy might be true that they would automatically have to drop everything in their life and relocate to the top of some hill to wait for the end to come?
originally posted by: one4all
Watch the Movie 2012.....three times at least......then reverse the last 2 digits of the title....and you get the EXACT REALITY HUMANITY IS AND WILL BE FACING IN ...........2021.......likely Sept.2021.
I get my focus from David Hamels stated date of arrival.