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Planet-like object may have spent its youth as hot as a star

Washington, D.C.—Astronomers have discovered an extremely cool object that could have a particularly diverse history—although it is now as cool as a planet, it may have spent much of its youth as hot as a star. The current temperature of the object is 200 to 300 degrees Fahrenheit (100 to 150 degrees Celsius), which is …