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rod replied to the thread These 'failed stars' orbit so closely it took 29 years to tell they were a pair."An illustration shows a size comparison between the sun, a brown dwarf, Jupiter, and Earth (if you can spot it!). (Image credit: Robert... -
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Wow! The illustration showing the size comparison is completely wrong! Jupiter is NOT half the diameter of the Sun, but closer to 1/10... -
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The first and most famous "failed star" discovered by humanity isn't one brown dwarf, but two! The duo comprising Gliese 229B are so...
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rod replied to the thread James Webb Space Telescope wins 'race against time' to directly observe young exoplanet.There are a number of earth size, I used <= 1.1 earth radii for stat purposes. 325 found at the exoplanet.eu site, mean mass 15.75...
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3M Jupiter is awfully big as compared to Earth. This tells me there are a lot of Earth size ones out there.
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rod replied to the thread James Webb Space Telescope wins 'race against time' to directly observe young exoplanet.From the space.com report, "The team's research is published in the Astrophysical Journal." ref - JWST/NIRCam 4–5 μm Imaging of the...
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope had to race against time to image a young exoplanet before it disappeared for a decade...
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