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Images of four brown dwarfs taken by group of researchers
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 12 (ANI): Images of four new brown dwarfs were taken by an international research team from the University of Bern in Switzerland and a group from The Open University.
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Astronomy researchers take images of four brown dwarfs
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 10 (ANI): An international team led by researchers from the University of Bern in Switzerland and a group from The Open University have imaged four new brown dwarfs.
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Widest ever separation of brown dwarf pair discovered by scientists
Updated : 4 years ago IST
California [US], February 21 (ANI): A brown dwarf is an astronomical object that is an intermediate between a planet and a star. Brown dwarfs usually have a mass less than 0.075 that of the Sun or roughly 75 times that of Jupiter. A team of astronomers has discovered a rare pair of brown dwa
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Astronomers discover 100 'cool worlds' near Sun
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Hawaii [US], August 18 (ANI): Astronomers and a team of data-sleuthing volunteers participating in Backyard Worlds: Planet 9, a citizen science project, have discovered roughly 100 cool worlds near the Sun -- objects more massive than planets but lighter than stars, known as brown dwarfs.
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Two bizarre brown dwarfs found with citizen scientists' help
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], July 11 (ANI): With the help of citizen scientists, astronomers have discovered two highly unusual brown dwarfs and balls of gas that are not massive enough to power themselves the way stars do.
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Astronomers catch rare eclipse of double brown dwarf system
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 10 (ANI): Astronomers working on "first light" data from a newly commissioned telescope in Chile made a chance discovery that led to the identification of a rare eclipse of two brown dwarfs. The result was published today in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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