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Fastest-spinning brown-dwarf star is detected by its bursts of radio waves

27 June 2016 Astronomy Now

Astronomers have detected what may be the most-rapidly-rotating, ultra-cool, brown-dwarf star ever seen. The super-fast rotation period of less than an hour was measured by using the 305-metre Arecibo radio telescope — the same telescope that was used to discover the first planets ever found outside our solar system.

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  • Roman Space Telescope launches on mission to survey the Universe
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    24 August 2026
  • How to observe the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse
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    5 August 2026
  • Euclid opens a new window on the first billion years of cosmic history
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