quiet they lie
smaller
cooler
less luminous
whispering secrets to the sky

between 0.08 and 0.6 Suns
2,500 to 4,000 K

emitting fractions
hundreds of billions of years

shedding outer layers...
extreme density
electron-degenerate matter
cooling over billions of years

eventually becoming black dwarfs
though existense is still too young...

substellar objects
Fusion not enough
deuterium... lithium....
relatively cold
infrared