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Deepest ever look into the Orion Nebula reveals hordes of low-mass objects

12 July 2016 Astronomy Now

The European Southern Observatory’s HAWK-I infrared instrument on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile has been used to peer deeper into the heart of Orion Nebula than ever before. The spectacular picture reveals about ten times as many brown dwarfs and isolated planetary-mass objects than were previously known.

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  • Best evidence yet for second supermassive black hole orbiting more massive companion
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  • New software shows promise for coping with photobombing satellites
    6 June 2023
  • Webb spots vast plume of water vapor spewing from Saturn’s moon Enceladus
    1 June 2023
  • Seeing the universe in X-rays, optical and infrared, all at once
    26 May 2023
  • A record-setting explosion as a supermassive black hole gorges on gas
    15 May 2023
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