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Science & ResearchJul 30, 2026

JWST's Constraints on the Substellar IMF in NGC 2024

A recent study has reported the detection of a turnover in the initial mass function (IMF) below 12 Mjup and the possible detection of a minimum mass near 3 Mjup in the heavily embedded cluster NGC 2024 (<1 Myr), which was based on a sam…

A recent study has reported the detection of a turnover in the initial mass function (IMF) below 12 Mjup and the possible detection of a minimum mass near 3 Mjup in the heavily embedded cluster NGC 2024 (<1 Myr), which was based on a sample of brown dwarf candidates in NIRCam…

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