By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

By combining the power of ground-based and space-based telescopes, astronomers have discovered a new brown dwarf—a type of ...

When astronomers pointed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at a faint object orbiting a distant star system, they weren’t ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration of a quadruple star system with two "failed star" brown dwarfs and two stars . | ...

Phosphine has caused quite a stir in the astronomical world lately. That was largely due to its (still hotly debated) ...

M dwarfs, or red dwarfs, are the most common type of star in our galaxy, accounting for more than half of all stars in the Milky Way. These small ...

Astronomers found a rare quadruple system of two red dwarfs and two brown dwarfs 82 lightyears away, offering new insight into these elusive objects. (Nanowerk News) The "exciting" discovery of an ...

The detection of the molecule phosphine in a brown dwarf’s atmosphere may help astronomers in their search for life elsewhere in the Milky Way. By Katrina Miller On a brown dwarf dozens of light years ...

The most recent weather forecasts don't come from terrestrial centers but from a solitary object wandering through the cosmos ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and exciting." Scientists have perhaps discovered the weirdest planetary system ...

Previous research suggests that brown dwarfs should contain phosphine—which forms when phosphorus combines with ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since ...