JWST detects possible aurora on distant brown dwarf
The aurora detected on this cold, isolated failed star is puzzling astronomers, who aren’t sure what’s causing the light show.
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The aurora detected on this cold, isolated failed star is puzzling astronomers, who aren’t sure what’s causing the light show.
The brown dwarf is an isolated object in space with no nearby star to create an aurora.
Baltimore MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2024 - Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found a brown dwarf (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared emission from methane, likely due to energy i
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has made a surprising observation, detecting aurorae on a cold, lonely brown dwarf known as W1935.
<p>Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have found a <a href="https://webbtelescope.org/glossary.html#h3-CK-3638b3e7-aa22-480f-83ea-d22b13081886" target="_blank">brown dwarf</a> (an object more massive than Jupiter but smaller than a star) with infrared <a href="https://webbtelescope.org/glossary.html#h3-CK-3247f39b-978f-4e47-a536-14fbd3d857b1" target="_blank">emission</a> from methane, likely due to energy in its upper atmosphere. This is an unexpected discovery b...