James Webb spots tiniest known brown dwarf in stunning star cluster
A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a stunning view of a star cluster that contains one of the smallest brown dwarfs ever identified.
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Read more: Quasi-Planets Called JuMBOs Are Bopping Around in SpaceA team of astronomers have detected over 500 planet-like objects in the inner Orion Nebula and the Trapezium Cluster that they believe could shake up the very definition of a planet.Read more…
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Astronomers Spot a Massive Brown Dwarf Hotter Than the Sun
Read more: Astronomers Spot a Massive Brown Dwarf Hotter Than the SunAstronomers recently spotted one of the most massive brown dwarfs known, an object between 75 and 90 times the mass of Jupiter with a beyond-scalding dayside temperature of 8,000 K (13,940° Fahrenheit.)Read more…
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Two-Faced: Wacky White Dwarf Keeps Its Surface Gases Separate
Read more: Two-Faced: Wacky White Dwarf Keeps Its Surface Gases SeparateAstronomers have discovered an ancient stellar remnant that keeps its light elements separate, in a strange first.Read more…
