OTS 44 is just 15 times Jupiter’s mass. With a temperature of 2,300 kelvins, this brown dwarf is also the coolest failed star known to have a disk, says Hartmann.

The star, named OTS 44, is only about 15 times the mass of Jupiter. This is much smaller than any other brown dwarf known to be surrounded by a disc of planet-building material, says US researcher Dr ...

The team's findings were presented today in a press conference at the Planet Formation and Detection meeting in Aspen, Colorado, and will be published in the Feb. 10th issue of The Astrophysical ...