The “Accident” That Revealed More About Our Cosmos | SciShow News
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Brown dwarfs are celestial oddballs, and recently one citizen scientist discovered one that is truly ancient, and weird.
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Sources:
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac0437
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/an-accidental-discovery-hints-at-a-hidden-population-of-cosmic-objects
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