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First time brown dwarfs seen so near host stars - EurekAlert


A team of researchers including French scientists from the CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes, and the Observatoire de Paris-PSL have for the first time ever observed brown dwarfs orbiting very near bright stars—a feat for precise astronomical imaging. The team’s findings, to be published in Astronomy & Astrophysics on June 20, give a first glimpse of the power offered by coupling Gaia with GRAVITY. They also afford new insights into the formation not only of these unusual celestial objects—brown dwarfs—but also of massive exoplanets and the planets of our solar system.

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