This artist’s impression shows the pair of brown dwarfs named CFBDSIR 1458+10. Observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope and two other telescopes have shown that this pair is the coolest pair of ...

Brown dwarfs, mysterious objects that straddle the line between stars and planets, are essential to our understanding of both stellar and planetary populations. However, only 40 brown dwarfs could be ...

A rare quadruple star system that is the first of its kind to be discovered by astronomers could help better understand so-called "failed stars" or brown dwarfs. These celestial bodies get their ...

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Stars come in many forms, but some types are so rare that only a handful exist in our galaxy. For example, O-type stars ...

Brown dwarfs are mysterious astronomical objects that fill the gap between the heaviest planets and the lightest stars, with a mix of stellar and planetary characteristics. Due to this hybrid nature, ...

"The discovery provides a unique cosmic laboratory for studying these mysterious objects." A rare quadruple star system that is the first of its kind to be discovered by astronomers could help better ...