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Robert Lea

James Webb Space Telescope discovers smallest 'failed stars' ever seen

An illustration of two brown dwarfs against a back drop of the Perseus Molecular Cloud.

Astronomers have discovered a batch of nine new brown dwarfs, also known as "failed stars," including the two smallest examples of these curious celestial objects ever seen.

The new find could help better define the mass dividing line between large planets and small brown dwarfs, as well as that between large brown dwarfs and small stars.

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