Nation IN BRIEF : NATIONWIDE : New Data Reported on Cosmic ‘Dwarfs’
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Astronomers reported new evidence that the universe is populated with dim, intriguing objects too small to be stars but too large to be planets. At least some of them are loners, and one of them in some ways resembles Saturn’s moon Titan. These objects, known as “brown dwarfs,” are difficult to detect, but they have finally begun to emerge from their cloak of darkness, as technologies improve. Brown dwarfs are believed to be failed stars.
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