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SPHEREx spots menagerie of brown dwarfs with atmospheric water and methane
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NASA's SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the universe, Epoch of Reionization, and ices Explorer) space telescope is shedding light on brown dwarfs, celestial objects that blur the line between stars and exoplanets.
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SPHEREx spots menagerie of brown dwarfs with atmospheric water and methane ↗
https://phys.org/news/2026-10-spherex-menagerie-brown-dwarfs-atmospheric.html