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This artwork highlights a pair of brown dwarfs, named Gliese 229 Ba and Gliese 229 Bb. Image credit: K. Miller / R. Hurt / Caltech / IPAC.

Gliese 229B is Actually Compact Pair of Brown Dwarfs, Astronomers Find

Oct 17, 2024 by News Staff

Gliese 229B was the first known brown dwarf, discovered in 1995. In new research, astronomers observed Gliese 229 B with the GRAVITY interferometer...