Our goal is to study the processes that lead to the formation of low mass stars, brown dwarfs and planets and to characterize the physical properties of these objects in various evolutionary stages. Low mass stars and brown dwarfs are likely the most numerous type of objects in our Galaxy but due to their low intrinsic luminosity they are not so
Researchers at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and the University of Cambridge have detected lithium in a primitive star in our galaxy. The observations were made at the VLT, at the Paranal Observatory of ESO in Chile.
Algunas observaciones se llevaron a cabo bajo condiciones meteorológicas no óptimas, obteniendo pese a ello datos de gran calidad
Estrellas “gemelas” al Sol pobres en litio, en el punto de mira
With this, there is confirmation that these astronomical objects are the natural link between stars and giant planets.
