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Brown dwarfs don't hang out with stars

The Hubble survey, taken with Hubble's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS), provides strong statistics pointing to the fact that brown dwarfs do not exist around even the least massive stars.

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On the road: Arizona Sky Village videos

We've uploaded all five videos Editor David J. Eicher and Senior Editor Michael Bakich took during their trip to Arizona Sky Village.

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AAS meeting, day one
01/06/2009 03:14 PM


The importance of smart lighting
01/06/2009 11:43 AM


February 2009 issue Web extras
01/06/2009 08:40 AM

Podcast: Night-sky targets for January 1-9, 2009

The planet Mercury, the star Rigel, and globular cluster M79 are nicely visible in the next few days.

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