A new discovery of a massive brown dwarf has captivated the astrophysics community. Discovered by the SPHERE instrument on the Very Large Telescope in Chile, the brown dwarf is an ultra-cool star that is 75 times the mass of Jupiter, making it the most massive brown dwarf ever observed. It is located in the Chamaeleon I star-forming region, a stellar nursery that is located approximately 500 light-years away from Earth. This discovery is particularly interesting because brown dwarfs are usually thought to be much less massive than this. The finding has caused scientists to rethink the boundaries between stars and brown dwarfs.

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