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Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars

15 September 2017

Failed stars called brown dwarfs straddle the line between big planets and small stars. An observation of a magnetic field puts another tick in the star column

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Brown dwarfs have strong magnetic fields just like real stars

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