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These 'failed stars' orbit so closely it took 29 years to tell they were a pair
In the three decades since the discovery of Gliese 229B, astronomers have intensely studied the system, finding that even for ...
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Wilhelm Gliese and His Planets
Among Gliese’s exoplanets are seven believed to orbit a triple-star system called Gliese 667. Of those seven planets, three are believed to orbit inside the “habitable zone,” the range of a ...
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Astronomers Claim the Mysterious Brown Dwarf Is a Double Act, Not a Single Star
Both research teams concluded that Gliese 229 B is not a solitary brown dwarf but a binary system, comprised of two ...