Failed Star Shakes Up a Phosphine Cocktail ⚡ экспресс
Original: "Observation of undepleted phosphine in the atmosphere of a low-temperature brown dwarf"
The James Webb Space Telescope has reliably detected phosphine for the first time in the atmosphere of a cool brown dwarf — and it turned out to be ten times more than predicted.
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The brown dwarf Wolf 1130C, a 'failed star,' surprised scientists: its atmosphere contained ten times more phosphine than expected. This gas, familiar from Jupiter, hints at turbulent mixing of layers. Now astronomers can more precisely distinguish planets from failed stars.
🎯 On Earth, phosphine is a companion of rotting swamps, while in space it's born in the depths and carried up by storms.