James Webb Telescope: Failed
Stars And Rogue Planet Images
We're Just Weeks Away from The
Release of the first images taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, there is far more science to come.
The International Team of Scientists
Will image primarily brown dwarfs and rogue planets — which have been difficult to see with less-powerful telescopes.
Brown Dwarfs
Are considered failed stars. Though they begin their lives in the same way as true stars
In Clouds
Of collapsing gas and dust, they do not gather enough mass to begin fusion.
Thus, They Are Quite
Small and do not produce bright light as other stars do, making them tough to see.
Brown Dwarfs Exist
Somewhere between gas giant planets and red dwarfs, the smallest and coolest type of main sequence star.
The Team Will Also Study
Rogue planets, or celestial bodies that formed in a stellar system before being ejected into space.
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