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Milky Way

23. October 2024

First young brown dwarf candidates found outside the Milky Way

An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to detect the first rich population of brown dwarf candidates outside the Milky Way in the star cluster NGC 602.

A Spiral Amongst Thousands
Credits ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Martel