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The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever.

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The James Webb Space Telescope may have found dozens of elusive brown dwarfs — strange objects larger than planets but smaller than stars — beyond the Milky Way for the first time ever.

The image shows the supermassive black hole that lies at the heart of our galaxy about 26,000 light-years away.

Do you have a question about astronomy? Let us know via science@ ... The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930(2), L12.

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