Illustration of Y Dwarf (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Illustration of Y Dwarf

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This illustration shows a close-up view of a Y dwarf. Objects like this, drifting just beyond our solar system, have been imaged by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer and could be discovered by Backyard Worlds: Planet 9.

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

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