Brown Dwarfs
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NASA’s NEOWISE Spacecraft Re-Enters Atmosphere, But More Discoveries Await!
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NASA’s NEOWISE (Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) spacecraft re-entered and burned up in Earth’s atmosphere on Friday night, as…
Article2 days ago
A Solar Neighborhood Census, Thanks to NASA Citizen Science
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To take a census of nearby cosmic objects, sending out a survey won’t work. Scientists need to use many telescopes…
Article7 months ago
NASA’s Hubble Finds that Aging Brown Dwarfs Grow Lonely
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It takes two to tango, but in the case of brown dwarfs that were once paired as binary systems, that…
Article8 months ago
NASA’s Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf
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Infrared emission from methane suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes. Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a…
Article10 months ago
NASA’s Webb Identifies Tiniest Free-Floating Brown Dwarf
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Brown dwarfs are objects that straddle the dividing line between stars and planets. They form like stars, growing dense enough…
Article11 months ago
Strange New Worlds
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A world with two suns, a lava planet, and a world trapped in eternal darkness are just some of the…
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