Artist’s concept of brown dwarf 2MASSJ22282889-431026 (NASA/JPL-Caltech) The complex weather patterns within the atmosphere of a rapidly-rotating brown dwarf have been mapped in the highest detail ever by researchers using the infrared abilities of NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes… talk about solar wind! Sometimes referred to as failed stars, brown dwarfs form from condensing gas and … Continue reading "Clouds of Sand and Iron Swirl in a Failed Star’s Extreme Atmosphere"