Loading

Birth of an Unusual Planetary System Artist Concept

NASA/JPL-Caltech2005-02-08

NASA

NASA
Washington, DC, United States

This artist animation shows a brown dwarf surrounded by a swirling disc of planet-building dust. NASA Spitzer Space Telescope spotted such a disc around a surprisingly low-mass brown dwarf, or failed star.

Show lessRead more
  • Title: Birth of an Unusual Planetary System Artist Concept
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech
  • Date Created: 2005-02-08
  • Rights: JPL
NASA

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Interested in Science?

Get updates with your personalized Culture Weekly

You are all set!

Your first Culture Weekly will arrive this week.

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites