Gemini North observations help identify rotational speed limit for brown dwarfs
Astronomers have discovered the most rapidly rotating brown dwarfs — three brown dwarfs that each complete a full rotation roughly once every hour. The rate is so extreme that if they rotated any faster, they could come close to tearing apart.
Study warns that cascading effects of salts require coordinated management
When winter storms threaten to make travel dangerous, people often turn to salt, spreading it liberally over highways, streets and sidewalks to melt snow and ice.
However, a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the …
