International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Lomberg
Gemini Finds Young Binary Dwarf Pair is Large and Hot
The light coming from the pair of brown dwarfs dips periodically when their orbit causes one to pass in front of the other from our perspective on the Earth. During these brief periods the nearer brown dwarf blocks the light from the further dwarf causing the total amount of light coming from the pair to drop by about half.
