The James Webb Space Telescope has captured three brown dwarfs in an amazing view of star cluster IC 348, located about 1000 ...

Two independent studies have revealed groundbreaking insights about the brown dwarf Gliese 229 B, a discovery that reshapes ...

Brown dwarf candidates discovered in star cluster NGC 602, revealing cosmic mysteries beyond the Milky Way with Webb and ...

Astronomers from the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) in Australia and elsewhere have reinvestigated a planetary ...

Newborn stars are surrounded by disks of gas and dust within which planets are born, known as protoplanetary disks. In the ...

Gliese 229 B's dual nature raises the question of how such tightly bound brown dwarf systems form. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!

The first "failed star" was discovered in 1995, but it was far too dim. The explanation is now astonishingly simple – and ...

In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery of Gliese 229B, believed to be a single brown dwarf. Brown dwarfs are celestial ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (Reuters) - In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet - sort of a celestial tweener.

Brown dwarfs are bigger than gas giants, but smaller than stars -- and they barely produce any light. The James Webb ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A celestial object discovered decades ago is actually twins orbiting each other, a new study confirms.

In 1995, astronomers confirmed the discovery for the first time of a brown dwarf, a body too small to be a star and too big to be a planet - sort of a celestial tweener. But it turns out that was ...