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European astronomers discover four new brown dwarfs

Astronomers from the Astronomical Observatory of Padova and Italy have conducted observations of 25 stars as part of the COPAINS Pilot Survey. They have...

Astronomers found new insights into the formation of brown dwarfs

Brown dwarfs are strange celestial bodies. They occupy a kind of intermediate position between stars and planets. Astrophysicists sometimes call them "failed stars". As...

Statistical analysis of radio-flaring brown dwarf population

Brown dwarfs are referred to as "failed stars" because they lack central hydrogen burning. They serve as a link between planets and stars. Some...

New brown dwarf discovered with TESS

An international team of astronomers have used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and detected a new brown dwarf. They have named the newly...

Astronomers discover ancient brown dwarf with lithium

Brown dwarfs are known as "coffee-coloured dwarfs" and "failed stars" are supposed to be the natural link between stars and planets. Though they are...

Astronomers discover a planetary system by observing a nearby star HD 18599

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new planetary system by observing star HD 18599, (or TOI-179). This star appears to...

Members of the public won time on the James Webb Space Telescope

Do you believe that only professional astronomers will be able to use the James Webb Space Telescope? Consider again! Three members of the public, known...

Astronomers image dusty disks, uncover companions to distant stars

This mosaic of dusty, swirling discs depicts a selection of images obtained from the International Gemini Observatory, a program of the National Science Foundation's...

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