It’s twins! ‘Brown dwarf’ that perplexed scientists is not one, but two https://www.thetimes.com/uk/science/article/its-twins-brown-dwarf-that-perplexed-scientists-is-not-one-but-two-wdskz7zj5?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Reddit#Echobox=1729094801
ahazred8vt on October 16, 2024 4:16 pm [Gliese 229B](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_229), 19 light years away, two bodies estimated at 38 and 34 times the mass of Jupiter.
CurtisLeow on October 16, 2024 4:22 pm I remember reading that JWST found dozens of planet pairs in the Orion’s Nebula [more info.](https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-space-telescope-spots-dozens-of-physics-breaking-rogue-objects-floating-through-space-in-pairs) Maybe twin gas planets and twin brown dwarfs are more common than we thought.
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[Gliese 229B](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_229), 19 light years away, two bodies estimated at 38 and 34 times the mass of Jupiter.
I remember reading that JWST found dozens of planet pairs in the Orion’s Nebula [more info.](https://www.livescience.com/space/astronomy/james-webb-space-telescope-spots-dozens-of-physics-breaking-rogue-objects-floating-through-space-in-pairs) Maybe twin gas planets and twin brown dwarfs are more common than we thought.