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Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) that may display po

Astronomers identified a brown dwarf, known as W1935, that exhibits unusual infrared emission from methane that resembles an aurora.

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted signs of an aurora over a failed star in the form of infrared emissions from methane in the brown dwarf atmosphere.

Infrared emission from methane suggests atmospheric heating by auroral processes.

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The flare was strong enough to temporarily disrupt radio signals on Earth, and was the biggest since 2017.

The flare was strong enough to temporarily disrupt radio signals on Earth, and was the biggest since 2017.

The flare was strong enough to temporarily disrupt radio signals on Earth, and was the biggest since 2017.

The flare was strong enough to temporarily disrupt radio signals on Earth, and was the biggest since 2017.

The flare was strong enough to temporarily disrupt radio signals on Earth, and was the biggest since 2017.