This starry view of the nearby star-forming region IC 348 is one of the largest images released to date from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Using Webb, astronomers searched IC 348 for brown dwarfs, which are less massive than the smallest stars. The researchers discovered brown dwarfs just twice the mass of Jupiter, bringing the […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Brown Dwarfs, Goddard Space Flight Center, James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), Nebulae, Reflection Nebulae, Science & Research, Stars, The Universe
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September 15, 2026
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