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Dusty Beginnings of a Star
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Are brown dwarfs born like stars, as in this rendering, or do they form like planets orbiting another star? A study by researchers using data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has led to the preliminary conclusion that they are formed much like a star.
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Credit lineDusty Beginnings of a Star. NASA/JPL, 2009-11-23. Public domain. ID: PIA12376.