A recent SETI Institute study suggests that space weather could blur and weaken extraterrestrial radio signals long before they reach us.

It is difficult to distinguish between the largest planets and the smallest brown dwarfs, stellar objects that were never massive enough to undergo nuclear fusion. Brown dwarfs tend to be heavier ...

For centuries, astronomers faced the challenge of classifying objects in space based on their appearance. When observing an ...

How can scientists use spin as a fossil record for planetary evolution? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal ho | Space ...

Brown dwarfs get a bad rap in the stellar world, often labeled as "failed stars" for their inability to sustain nuclear fusion at their cores. The mass of these objects falls between planets and stars ...

Spin separates giant planets from 'failed stars' Clearest evidence yet that giant planets spin faster than their cosmic lookalikes. (Nanowerk News) Astronomers have ...

For decades, astronomers have struggled to differentiate giant planets from brown dwarfs, a class of objects more massive ...

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Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope study faint brown dwarfs in the RCW 36 nebula to understand substellar populations and the initial mass function in a young massive cluster.

Using the High Acuity Wide-field K-band Imager (HAWK-I) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have captured a new image of the emission nebula RCW 36, highlighting the luminous cradle of ...

Actor Bobby J. Brown, best known for his role as Officer Bobby Brown in the hit HBO series “The Wire,” has died at age 62. His daughter confirmed his death to TMZ, saying he died Tuesday after getting ...