brown dwarf

Never appreciated for what they are, brown dwarfs are often compared to what they are not. Indeed, they’re stuck in…

Scientists spotted a superflare larger than some of the hugest solar storms on record—from what seems to be a tiny,…

Scientists have discovered a planet a lot like Jupiter orbiting a dim star, if you can even call it a star—it’s…

Are they stars? Are they lost planets? Brown dwarfs, the galaxy’s dark, wandering orbs, are some of space’s most…

Brown dwarfs are not quite stars. Some aspects of them resemble planets, like the fact that they have their own…

What are planetary atmospheres made of? Figuring out the answer to that question is a big step on the road to…

Brown dwarfs are not quite stars and not quite planets. They are much larger than gas giant planets but fall just…

Scientists using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii have discovered a "super-Jupiter" orbiting around the bright star…

Imagine a hot summer day in the middle of the desert. That temperature might be dangerously hot here on Earth, but…

Too large to be considered planets, but too small to spark the internal nuclear reactions necessary to become…

A brown dwarf located 47 light-years away is behaving very strangely. The would-be star's brightness is constantly…

Last year, NASA announced that it had discovered 14 of the coldest stars it had ever recorded. The so-called "brown…

75 light-years away there's a star called CFBDSIR 1458 10b. I would call it Star Latte. See, Star Latte here is a…

Just 63 light-years away, there's a failed star known as a brown dwarf barely any bigger than Jupiter. It's…

Brown dwarfs are objects that weren't quite massive enough to become stars. Stuck somewhere between lame stars and…

This bizarre object, found about 450 light years away in the constellation Taurus, is slightly too awesome to be a…