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NASA’s SPHEREx finds brown dwarfs with water and methane, they drift in darkness without a host star and heated entirely from withinNASA's SPHEREx telescope has opened a fascinating window into the realm of brown dwarfs, the enigmatic celestial bodies that sit between st...
US Midterm Elections 2026: The races that will decide control of the US SenateControl of the US Senate will hinge on a small group of closely watched races, with Democrats defending seats in Georgia, Michigan and New ...
This strange world has no star to orbit, yet James Webb has revealed its changing weather from 20 light-years awayWebb telescope observed SIMP 0136, a brown dwarf twenty light-years away. Researchers found its changing appearance stems from temperature ...
Trump’s $5,000 dividend: Who could receive the payment, how much the plan could cost, where the money may come from and what happens nextUS President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in th...
Is it a planet or a moon? Scientists discover a strange Jupiter-sized world orbiting a brown dwarf in a never-before-seen cosmic systemAstronomers found a massive object orbiting a brown dwarf star. This discovery challenges existing definitions of planets and moons. The un...
Earlier in 2026, a University of Sydney PhD student traced a 1.34497-hour radio pulse to a dead star. Today, its 1.368-hour orbit explains why the bursts repeatEarlier in 2026, a University of Sydney PhD student traced a 1.34497-hour radio pulse to a dead star. Today, its 1.368-hour orbit explains ...
House of the Dragon Season 3 promises new character arcs, GoD prequel predicts exciting endingHouse of the Dragon Season 3 is generating buzz. New characters are coming. Adam Brown and Graham McTavish from The Hobbit join the cast. R...
Star Wars’ Tatooine-like planet, with double sunsets, found outside the solar systemScientists have detected a potential Tatooine-like exoplanet orbiting a pair of brown dwarfs, located approximately 120 light-years away. T...
Astronomers have detected what may be a ‘future Earth’ eight billion years from nowAstronomers discovered KMT-2020-BLG-0414, a faraway planet orbiting a white dwarf, which offers a glimpse into Earth's potential future in ...
CWISE J1249+3621: A mysterious object hurtling at 1 million miles per hour leaves astronomers in shockTom Bickle, an astronomy student in Southampton, discovered a hypervelocity object moving at a million miles per hour. The object, possibly...
NASA tracks mysterious object exiting the Milky WayAmateur astronomers part of NASA’s Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project identified CWISE J1249, a fast-moving object exiting the Milky Way, us...
- Hubble spots biggest population of brown dwarfs in Orion Nebula
Washington, Jan 12 (IANS) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the largest known population of brown dwarfs sprinkled among newborn...
- Our Milky Way could have 100 billion brown dwarfs: Study
London, July 6 (IANS) Our galaxy could have 100 billion brown dwarfs or more, according to a new research by an international team of astro...
- Citizen scientists discover brown dwarf 100 light years away
New York, June 4 (IANS) Scientists have discovered a brown dwarf -- sometimes called "failed stars" -- a little more than 100 light years a...
- 'Iceball' planet about the same mass as Earth discovered
Washington, April 27 (IANS) Scientists have discovered an "extremely cold" new planet about the same mass as Earth, and the same distance f...
Record breaking brown dwarf identifiedThe dwarf is estimated to have formed about 10 bn years ago, measurements also suggest it has a mass equivalent to 90 times that of Jupiter.
- Purest, most massive brown dwarf identified
London, March 25 (IANS) A record breaking brown dwarf -- a star too small for nuclear fusion -- with the purest composition and the highest...
Hubble measures rotation of cloudy 'super-Jupiter'This is the first measurement of the rotation of a massive exoplanet using direct imaging, researchers said.
New dwarf galaxy signals presence of dark matterThe exact source of this high-energy light is uncertain at this point but it just might be a signal of dark matter lurking at the galaxy's ...
First aurora discovered beyond our solar system, 18 light years from EarthAstronomers have discovered the first aurora outside our solar system, around a brown dwarf about 18 light years away from Earth