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SPHEREx spots menagerie of brown dwarfs with atmospheric water and methane

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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.

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  • Reported by Phys.org and published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 13:20:05 UTC.

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