Observatory gears up to detect thousands of elusive brown dwarfs, unlocking Milky Way mysteries
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One could argue that brown dwarfs don't get the love they deserve. Sometimes referred to as "failed stars," they don't have enough mass to sustain nuclear fusion, which powers all stars, including our sun. But they are also too big to be considered planets, with some having 75 times the mass of Jupiter.
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