Hydrogen cyanide and acetylene detected in a brown dwarf atmosphere for the first time
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has explored the atmosphere of a nearby ...
Hosted on MSN11mon
In a first, JWST finds isolated brown dwarf with methane, auroras
They were surprised to see methane coming from such a cold planet. It suggests that this particular brown dwarf may generate aurorae similar to those seen on Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Hosted on MSN11mon
Hubble Space Telescope discovers 'failed stars' are bad at relationships too
One filter displayed the cold brown dwarfs brightly, while the other covered specific wavelengths that made the failed stars appear very faint as a result of water absorption in their atmospheres.
Mashable3d
Webb telescope spots curious objects that aren't stars, or planets
The James Webb Space Telescope zoomed in on extremely faint objects, called brown dwarfs, in the Flame Nebula. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / M. Meyer (University of Michigan) There's a class ...
A Star’s Tiny Wobble Just Revealed a Massive Planet That Shouldn’t Exist
Gaia, a mission designed to map stars, has accidentally become a planet hunter. Using precise astrometry, it detected stellar ...
Business Insider1y
James Webb Space Telescope reveals one of the most mysterious worlds in the universe might have a volcanic moon
NEW ORLEANS — When astronomer Jackie Faherty peered into space using information from the James Webb Space Telescope, there was something she couldn't take her eyes off of. Brown dwarf W1935, a ...