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Nearby hypervelocity brown dwarf discovered
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I've seen several articles recently which mention that the citizen-survey project "Backyard Worlds: Planet 9" has discovered a nearby (~400 LY) brown dwarf which is headed toward the galactic center at greater than the Milky Way's escape velocity.

The initial pre-publication article seems to be

Discovery of a Hypervelocity L Subdwarf at the Star/Brown Dwarf Mass Limit
by Adam J. Burgasser et al.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.08578

Its origin is unknown and still being researched.

Might this actually be an advanced non-human expedition sent to explore the galactic center?

I'm sure it'd be the object of expeditions sent by OA polities.
Selden
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Nearby hypervelocity brown dwarf discovered - by selden - 07-26-2024, 10:54 PM

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