BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Luhman 16 B

BROWN DWARF · the weather world
Luhman 16 B
AI illustration of the real object
DISTANCE 6.5 light years, third closest systemFEATURE mapped clouds

Half of the closest brown dwarf pair, failed stars too light to ignite fusion, and the first one whose weather was actually mapped: astronomers charted giant cloud bands of hot silicate vapor drifting across its face. A world with rock vapor rain, sitting closer to us than almost every star you can name.

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