Two new brown dwarfs discovered with TESS
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of two new brown dwarfs orbiting distant stars using NASA's ...
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James Webb Space Telescope investigates the origins of 'failed stars' in the Flame Nebula
"The goal of this project was to explore the fundamental low-mass limit of the star and brown dwarf formation process." ...
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Webb telescope spots curious objects that aren't stars, or planets
temperature, and pressure. Stars form when a contracting object's core is massive enough to stoke nuclear fusion and become an energy-producing, luminous star. Brown dwarfs are too small to create ...
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James Webb Space Telescope dives into the atmosphere of a mystery rogue planet or failed star
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have peered into the atmosphere of a cosmic body that could be a ...