Backyard Worlds Planet 9 Citizen Science Project Discovers a Brown Dwarf
The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project has discovered its first substellar object, WISEA J110125.95+540052.8 – a T5.5 brown dwarf located approximately 34 pc…
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The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project has discovered its first substellar object, WISEA J110125.95+540052.8 – a T5.5 brown dwarf located approximately 34 pc…
A newly published Harvard-Smithsonian study of the twenty-four known Y-dwarfs finds that the models for the coolest of them fail to explain the observed properties….
Astronomers have identified a brown dwarf that was formed about 10 billion years ago and is made of gas that is around 250 times purer…
Using the Very Large Array, an international team of astronomers has discovered jets of material ejected by still-forming young brown dwarfs, revealing the first direct…
Using the new extreme-AO instrument SPHERE, researchers image the prototype eclipsing post-common envelope binary V471 Tau in search of the brown dwarf that is believed…
A team of astronomers has discovered indications of water clouds in the coldest known brown dwarf, which is located 7.3 light-years from Earth. Astronomers have…
NASA’s WISE and Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered the coldest known brown dwarf, which is located 7.2 light-years away. NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)…
Astronomers from the University of Hertfordshire’s Center for Astrophysics Research have discovered a brown dwarf (ULAS J222711-004547) that has an atmosphere where the sky is…
ESO’s Very Large Telescope has charted the first ever map of the weather on the surface of a Brown Dwarf. An international team has made…
Researchers have directly imaged a very rare type of brown dwarf, opening the door towards a fuller understanding of exoplanets. Mauna Kea, Hawaii – A…
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered that many brown dwarfs have turbulent weather similar to Jupiter’s “Great Red Spot.” Swirling, stormy clouds may…
In a newly published study, astronomers detail the discovery of two ancient brown dwarfs that are moving at speeds of 100-200 kilometers per second. A…
A newly published study measures distances, luminosities, and temperatures of brown dwarfs, finding that they are warmer than previously thought with temperatures about 400-450 K….
Using Pan-STARRS and UKIDSS, astronomers discovered 673 binaries with candidate brown dwarf companions. Astronomers trying to understand how the Sun and Earth formed, and why…
In a new research paper, Penn State researcher Kevin Luhman describes the discovery the third-closest star system to the Sun, WISE J104915.57-531906. Both stars in…
While viewing the young brown dwarf ISO-Oph 102, an international team of astronomers pinpointed carbon monoxide gas around the brown dwarf and found that the…
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, astronomers recently discovered a small group of brown dwarfs located less than 30 light years away from the sun….
Using data from the WISE satellite, scientists discovered an ultra-cool brown dwarf, known as BD+01 2920B, that is about 35 times more massive than Jupiter…