Discovered: A Cold, Close Neighbor of the Sun

Source - NASA Science News for April 25, 2014

NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered a dim, star-like body that surprisingly is as frosty as Earth's North Pole. This "brown dwarf" is only 7.2 light years away, making it one of the sun's nearest neighbors.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/25apr_browndwarf/