Cosmic Castaways: Webb Unveils the Flame Nebula’s Smallest “Almost-Stars”

New population census answers the question: How small can you go when forming stars and brown dwarfs? The Flame Nebula, part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, is a well-studied region where new stars are born. Telescopes like NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have observed it for years, but the smallest stars hidden deep within its [...]

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