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Search for Hidden Cosmic Companions in Sun’s Backyard
Astronomers are searching for brown dwarfs orbiting stars to better understand the age of these celestial bodies. This research could provide insights into the formation and evolution of stars and planets.
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Some stars have planets. Others are orbited by brown dwarfs, balls of gas too massive to be planets, but too low-mass to be stars. Astronomers love these brown dwarf-star pairs because being paired with a star helps reveal a brown dwarf’s age. Ages of astronomical objects are often hard to measure,
2026-06-17 19:40 UTC