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"Failed Star" seems a bit pejorative, maybe Wolf 1130C wanted to be a Brown Dwarf?

Turns out phosphine is more common than we think and maybe not the biosignature we thought it was...

https://www.sciencealert.com/cosmic-mystery-deepens-as-biosignature-molecule-seen-in-failed-star

#Space #Astronomy #Exobiology #Astrodon

Cosmic Mystery Deepens as 'Biosignature' Molecule Seen in Failed Star

A detection of phosphine in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf 54 light-years from Earth deepens the mystery of phosphorus chemistry throughout the Milky Way.

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Debase yourself with too much Mexican food and experience, "hot, high-pressure bellies"
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It's quite a fascinating little system this, three different types of stellar objects, the White Dwarf would have been the primary of this system while it was a main sequence star, but it burned too bright and fast, puffed up then died.

#WOLF1130 #Space #Astrodon #Astronomy

Oct 2, 2025 at 6:40pmWeb