• Space
  • By Laura Sinpetru
  • July 30th, 2015
Video Shows Alien Auroras on Brown Dwarf 20 Light-Years Away

Video Shows Alien Auroras on Brown Dwarf 20 Light-Years Away

And they are thousands of times brighter than any on Earth

Ice Clouds Found to Hover Over Brown Dwarf Outside the Solar System

Ice Clouds Found to Hover Over Brown Dwarf Outside the Solar System

Such clouds have never before been found on a body orbiting a star other than our Sun

First Photo of a Planet Circling Two Stars

First Photo of a Planet Circling Two Stars

The planet is a gas giant, 12 to 14 times larger than Jupiter

The Closest Stars Discovered in Over a Century

The Closest Stars Discovered in Over a Century

Astronomers have found a pair of brown dwarfs just 6.5 light-years away

NASA Telescopes Find Extreme Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf

NASA Telescopes Find Extreme Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf

These failed stars have weather systems similar to those of gas giants

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • April 27th, 2012
Weird Star Produces Flaring Radio Emissions

Weird Star Produces Flaring Radio Emissions

Astronomers classify the object as a brown dwarf-class star

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 13th, 2011
Impressive Storm Detected on Brown Dwarf

Impressive Storm Detected on Brown Dwarf

The tiny, distant star is probably shaking like a leaf

  • Space
  • By Smaranda Biliuti
  • July 30th, 2010
Brown Dwarf Orbits Nearby Young Star

Brown Dwarf Orbits Nearby Young Star

This should provide information about the early stages of solar system formation

  • Space
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • December 12th, 2008
Single Brown Dwarf Turns into Dimmest Twins

Single Brown Dwarf Turns into Dimmest Twins

The pair of brown dwarf planets may be the dimmest observed yet

  • Space
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • December 4th, 2008
Failed Stars Are Born Like Real Ones

Failed Stars Are Born Like Real Ones

Brown dwarf planets follow a similar formation process as stars

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 3rd, 2008
Weighing the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf Star

Weighing the Coldest Known Brown Dwarf Star

Theoretical brown dwarf mass predictions don't match observations

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • June 3rd, 2008
Astronomers Set Record for Smallest Found Exoplanet

Astronomers Set Record for Smallest Found Exoplanet

MOA-2007-BLG-192Lb could support an ocean on its surface

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • April 11th, 2008
Link Between Stars and Planets Found

Link Between Stars and Planets Found

The coldest brown dwarf ever discovered

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • March 27th, 2008
Giant Planet is Taking Shape in Star System

Giant Planet is Taking Shape in Star System

First direct observation of a possible forming planet

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • January 11th, 2008
Quasars Make New Image of the Young Universe

Quasars Make New Image of the Young Universe

Future sky surveys may enhance current theories