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Brown dwarf in neighbouring solar system is actually a spinning duo

Nature, Published online: 30 October 2024; doi:10.1038/d41586-024-03501-3The nearby star Gliese 229 harbours a ‘brown dwarf’ companion: an object less massive than a star but more massive than a planet. High-resolution observations reveal that it is two objects, each about 30 times the mass of Jupiter, that circle one another every 12 days as... #press

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