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Among these hundreds of millions of tiny specks of light lurk newborn stars, extremely cold brown dwarfs that only glow at infrared wavelengths, free-floating planets, and globular clusters—groupings containing millions of the Milky Way’s oldest stars in existence.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Sep. 2024
While some brown dwarfs may form stable planetary systems in their own right, astronomers have observed rogue brown dwarfs – objects that are free floating in space.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Matthews says that both the brown dwarfs likely formed from the same material, and at the same time, as Eps Ind Ab and its parent star.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
In the case of brown dwarfs, though, that shine is pretty faint.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Sep. 2024
While some brown dwarfs may form stable planetary systems in their own right, astronomers have observed rogue brown dwarfs – objects that are free floating in space.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Matthews says that both the brown dwarfs likely formed from the same material, and at the same time, as Eps Ind Ab and its parent star.
—Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 24 July 2024
In the case of brown dwarfs, though, that shine is pretty faint.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 19 Jan. 2024
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However, if the white dwarf progenitor star exists in a binary with another star, this stellar corpse can begin vampirically stripping material from its companion.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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If the circling object is indeed a white dwarf, the body would be pulling of a precarious balancing act, teetering on the black hole’s edge without falling in.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Scientists have long theorized neutron stars, ultradense core remnants left behind after massive stars explode, as origins of fast radio bursts.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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This is how close NASA's Parker Solar Probe will fly by the sun Astronomers hypothesize that the FRBs could be originating from two supernova remnants, called neutron stars, that are merging or collapsing onto themselves, Shah said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
24 Jan. 2025
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However, the existence of a white dwarf is not sufficient for a Type la supernova; the white draft must also be part of a binary star system, in which a pair of stars orbit a common center of mass.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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New York has no issue in that regard — second in offensive rating, third in shooting percentage and a binary star averaging more than 50 points per game.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
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See the location of the Hollywood Sign marked by the red star in the image below.—
Greta Cross,
USA TODAY,
9 Jan. 2025
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These Earth-sized planets were found orbiting a small red star called TRAPPIST-1, a star 40 light-years away with one-tenth of the mass of the sun.—
Lisa Kaltenegger,
WIRED,
5 Dec. 2024
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The potential problem here is that red dwarfs spend a long time dimming during their early phases, which means planets in their habitable zone may have originally been too close to the star and, therefore, too hot.—
Conor Feehly,
Discover Magazine,
9 Oct. 2024
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That is the result of the unusual characteristics of their tiny and cool host red dwarf star, which can mimic atmospheric signals that are already weak and hard to detect.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
18 Dec. 2024
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Notably, investors and market analysts will likely observe how Chevron adapts to these circumstances, as the oil and gas sector remains susceptible to unpredictable market variables.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
31 Jan. 2025
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While these terms are often politicized, some represent demographic variables that researchers collect when tracking the ebb and flow of diseases and health conditions across populations.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
31 Jan. 2025
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Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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In particular, Leavitt would scrutinize images of the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds, and had identified 1,800 variable stars within them.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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Among the supernovas in the data will be other transient events such as variable stars and kilonovas, the violent collision between extreme dense stellar remnants called neutron stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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Excitingly, this stellar explosion may be somewhat different from the supernovas that have occurred more recently in the local universe.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Brown dwarf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brown%20dwarf. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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