WISE Finds Few Brown Dwarfs Close to Home
Friday, June 8, 2012 - 14:00
in Astronomy & Space
Astronomers are getting to know the neighbors better. Our sun resides within a spiral arm of our Milky Way galaxy about two-thirds of the way out from the center.
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