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A Solo Brown Dwarf Found With Auroras


mers have used JWST to find a brown dwarf with polar auroras like the Earth, or Jupiter. This is surprising because the brown dwarf, dubbed W1935, is a free-floating object, meaning it isn't part of another star system.

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