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Decades-Old Mystery Solved as Gliese 229B Is Revealed as a Binary System
The pair orbits a red dwarf star known as Gliese 229, located 19 light-years away from Earth. Unraveling the Mystery The ...
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These 'failed stars' orbit so closely it took 29 years to tell they were a pair
A well-studied cosmic object has stunned astronomers. The "failed star" Gliese 229B has been revealed to be two so-called ...
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Wilhelm Gliese and His Planets
It orbits so close to its host star that gravity squeezes what should be steam into an absurd, exotic ice crust. Its name is Gliese 436 b. As interesting as planets made of boiling ice or diamond ...