A team of scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science have discovered the first evidence of water ice clouds outside the solar system.
Scientists discovered them on a nearby brown dwarf called W0855. At only 7 light-years away, it's the fourth-closest known system to our sun, according to space-news site EarthSky.
First spotted by one of NASA’s orbiting infrared telescopes, the W0855 is somewhere between a gas-giant planet and a star, with surface temperatures around those found at Earth’s north pole, Examiner.com reported. It’s at least three times larger than Jupiter, but not big enough to begin nuclear fusion to become a star, according to Space.com. Read more...
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Scientists Discover Signs of Water Ice Clouds Outside the Solar System
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