Cold and Distant, Meet the Newest Brown Dwarf!
Citizen scientists have discovered a new brown dwarf! But what exactly makes Ross 19B so special?
UR: Over-massive Brown Dwarfs – A New Type of Stellar Object
In the latest of our #UndergradResearch series, discover Dorsa Majidi’s research on what it takes to create a new type of evolved stellar object!
Red giants and brown dwarfs – an unusual friendship
Mysterious long-timescale variations in the brightness of red giant stars have puzzled astronomers for a long time. The authors of today’s paper provide evidence that these variations are caused by a tiny brown dwarf orbiting the giant star.
A Brown Dwarf in the Desert
Today’s authors found a unique occupant of the “brown dwarf desert,” on an extremely close orbit around its M dwarf host.
Three Little Outliers in a Sea of Planets, Stars, and Brown Dwarfs
Are there ways of forming planets other than core accretion? Today we throw it back to an old paper that explores this exact question!
Meet the AAS Keynote Speakers: Dr. Caroline Morley
Today we interview exoplanet atmosphere researcher extraordinaire Caroline Morley (@AstroCaroline) for her prize plenary talk at #AAS237!