Brown Dwarf
Massive Planet Gone Rogue Discovered
A massive rogue planet has been discovered in the Beta Pictoris moving group.
9 years ago
Watch This Amazing Video of an Exoplanet in Motion
Exoplanet Beta Pic b orbiting Beta Pictoris from Dunlap Institute on Vimeo. Just. Wow. The motion of an alien world,…
9 years ago
A Star Passed Through the Solar System Just 70,000 Years Ago
Astronomers have reported the discovery of a star that passed within the outer reaches of our Solar System just 70,000…
10 years ago
It’s Freezing on the Surface of this Nearby Star-like Object
Our stellar neighborhood just got a little busier ... and a little colder. A brown dwarf that's as frosty as…
11 years ago
First Microlensing Detection of a Planet Circling a Brown Dwarf Candidate
When astronomers detect new exoplanets they typically do so using one of two techniques. First, there's the famous transit technique,…
11 years ago
Behind the Scenes: The “Making Of” the First Brown Dwarf Surface Map
By now, you will probably have heard that astronomers have produced the first global weather map for a brown dwarf.…
11 years ago