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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 brown dwarfs have been discovered to have kilogauss magnetic fields and flare radio emissions, similar to aurora on magnetised planets...

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 found object as TOI-2119b. It turns out to be about the size of Jupiter. But it is 60 times more...