Astronomers have never seen anything like this before: a planet orbiting perpendicularly around two stars

News Science and space 06-03-2025 at 15:54 comment
Astronomers have discovered one of the most unusual planets in our Milky Way galaxy, orbiting at a 90° angle to the plane of the orbits of a pair of parent stars — brown dwarfs.

Failed stars appear to be able to generate their own aurora — thanks to a hidden exomoon

News Science and space 04-23-2024 at 12:43 comment
By studying data sent by the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected methane emissions coming from a brown dwarf, or «loser star» — previously thought to be not warm enough for this phenomenon.

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