A Large Sample of JWST/NIRSpec Brown Dwarfs: New Distant Discoveries
Zhijun Tu et al 2025 ApJS 281 49 Of the 68 brown dwarfs identified in a recent study, 12 are newly discovered and two are more than 5 kiloparsecs away, making them the most distant known brown dwarfs…
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