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

Image caption: This discovery image from the Gemini Observatory represents the closest brown dwarf companion ever directly imaged around a star (named LHS 2397a). This image was obtained on Feb. 7, ...

For the first time, scientists have detected trace amounts of phosphine—a molecule that, on Earth, is produced only by living beings—in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf. Wolf 1130C is an ancient brown ...

New observations provide insights into whether the birth of the giant planets takes a similar course to that of stars. The birth of stars is a chaotic and dynamic process, especially in the early ...

Even before the first stars lit up the Universe, the Cosmos was not the cold place most researchers once imagined. New ...

“One basic question you’ll find in every astronomy textbook is: What are the smallest stars [to exist in the universe]? That’s what we’re trying to answer,” said the lead author of a new study Kevin ...

WASHINGTON >> In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet — sort of a celestial tweener. But it turns out ...

Astronomers have released a stunning new image captured with the James Webb Space Telescope, but this view of NGC 602 is more than a pretty picture. It also depicts the home of the first known ...

The first-time finding of appreciable amounts of phosphine in a brown dwarf suggests it may be too soon to use the molecule ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This collage of images from the Flame Nebula shows a near-infrared light view from NASA's Hubble ...