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NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs

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What happened

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.

Key facts

  • Reported by NASA and published Thu, 08 Oct 2026 18:22:48 UTC.

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  1. NASA Advances LISA Mission Contributions With New Test Telescope

  2. James Webb telescope pinpoints the most distant 'fast radio burst' ever seen

  3. NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs

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