NASA's Webb Finds Signs of Possible Aurorae on Isolated Brown Dwarf
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
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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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