The First Directly Imaged Binary System with Substellar Siblings
The first directly imaged hierarchical quadruple system: two stars, each with a substellar companion!
The More You Know? Conflicting Observations of a Brown Dwarf
Today’s bite takes a look at the brown dwarf KELT-1b and the curious results of recent observations of its atmosphere
Planets around Not-Quite-Planets
Today’s authors report the detection of a planet candidate around a brown dwarf!
Rapidly Rotating But Not So Variable: A Brown Dwarf As Seen From Earth
Brown Dwarfs can have swirling cloudy atmospheres just like their planetary cousins, but, as observed from the ground, the subject of today’s bite isn’t quite so variable after all.
Exoplanets are hot right now – will dark matter make them hotter?
Taking chilly planets’ temperature with infrared telescopes will show us whether they warm their hands by a galactic dark matter furnace.
Astrobites at AAS 239 Virtual Events: Day 4-5
We report on Days 4 and 5 of the virtual events based around the cancelled winter AAS meeting.