There's a whole slew of objects that astronomers aren't sure whether to classify as "failed stars" or "overgrown planets." ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its infrared gaze on a nearby stellar nursery and uncovered a haunting population of so‑called failed stars, objects too small to ignite like the Sun yet too ...

The first stars in the universe formed out of pristine hydrogen and helium clouds, in the first few hundred million years after the Big Bang. New James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) observations reveal ...