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According to the study, the planet managed to survive after its star stopped burning hydrogen in its core.

What Does the Closest Brown Dwarf Look Like? by Paul Gilster on January 13, 2021 I keep hoping we’ll find a brown dwarf closer to us than Alpha Centauri, but none have turned up yet despite the best efforts of missions like WISE (Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer). If there’s something out there, it’s dim indeed. Of course, I wouldn’t be surprised at finding rogue planets between us and the nearest stars. Maybe some will be more massive than Jupiter, but evidently not mass...