Brown dwarfs blur the lines between stars and planets. Brown dwarfs are curious celestial bodies that appear to straddle the mass divide between stars and planets. Often referred to as "failed ...

A stronomers have made a surprising discovery about Gliese 229B, a well-known brown dwarf first identified nearly 30 years ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that planet-forming disks in the Orion nebula actually ...

Black holes are just one of myriad marvels in outer space. In this feature, learn the difference between pulsars and quasars, antimatter and dark matter, brown dwarfs and white dwarfs, and many ...

"Brown dwarfs, planets or stars" JuMBOs play charades with astronomers As explained above, the big mystery about JuMBOs is they seem to defy the formation avenues that lead to both stars and planets .

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has observed stormy weather on two brown dwarfs, providing the most detailed weather report yet from these “failed stars.” The brown dwarfs, forming a ...