How big do planets get? Can they get star sized? Everybody wants the biggest stuff. Soft drink sizes, SUV’s, baseball…
What are planetary atmospheres made of? Figuring out the answer to that question is a big step on the road…
Nature once again shows us how hard it is to fit astronomical objects into categories. An examination of a so-far…
Dust clouds on a brown dwarf or "failed star" are making it appear redder than its counterparts, new research reveals.…
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By now, you will probably have heard that astronomers have produced the first global weather map for a brown dwarf.…
Host: Fraser Cain Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Jason Major, Nicole Gugliucci (more…)
When it's a brown dwarf -- but where do we draw the line? Often called "failed stars," brown dwarfs are…
As the name implies, a brown dwarf is small... only about 7% the size of the Sun. As far as…
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…