It is one of the highest-resolution observations in astronomical history.And they used the universe as a microscope to do it. - Robert Main, University of TorontoThe eclipse was caused by a brown dwarf, an object that is somewhere between a star and a massive planet like Jupiter. This particular brown dwarf is about the third of a diameter of our sun, but with roughly less than two per cent its mass. In about a billion years, the brown dwarf will completely disappear and its material will be forever dispersed into space. And the fun part is that they used the universe to learn more about the universe.

Source: CBC News May 24, 2018 19:08 UTC