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James Webb Space Telescope 4K Video: Spots Tiniest Free-Floating Brown Dwarf
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured three brown dwarfs in an amazing view of star cluster IC 348, located about 1000 ...
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‘Tatooine’-like planet orbits two stars ― but at a weird angle
Like the Star Wars planet, a distant world follows a path around two stars, both of them small, cool bodies called brown ...
Star Wars-like planet orbited two stars. What about brown dwarfs instead?
WASHINGTON: The young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine in a ...
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Unusual planet discovered in an orbit that has never been seen before
Astronomers have discovered a rare planet orbiting at a 90-degree angle around two brown dwarfs—marking the first evidence of ...
'Tatooine-like' planet outside the solar system may orbit 2 failed stars, scientists say
Scientists know of over a dozen planets that orbit twin stars like the fictional "Star Wars" desert planet Tatooine. More ...
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'Tatooine-like' planet outside the solar system may orbit 2 failed stars, scientists say
Located 120 light years away, the planet appears to take an unusual path around two brown dwarfs, whipping around at a right angle Located 120 light years away, the planet appears to take an ...
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'Tatooine-like' planet outside the solar system may orbit 2 failed stars, scientists say
Brown dwarfs are sometimes called failed stars because they're lighter than stars, but heavier than gas giant planets. A light-year is nearly 6 trillion miles.The brown dwarf pair was first ...