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Brown Dwarfs: Crash Course Astronomy #28

Welcome to school without the classroom! Join host Phil Plait and discover everything there is to know about the cosmos.

Brown Dwarfs: Crash Course Astronomy #28

Season 1 Episode 28 | 11m 5s

While Jupiter is nowhere near massive enough to initiate fusion in its core, there are even more massive objects out there that fall just short of that achievement as well called brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs, have a mass that places them between giant planets and small stars.

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