A rare quadruple star system that is the first of its kind to be discovered by astronomers could help better understand so-called "failed stars" or brown dwarfs. These celestial bodies get their ...

For the first time, scientists have detected trace amounts of phosphine—a molecule that, on Earth, is produced only by living beings—in the atmosphere of a brown dwarf. Wolf 1130C is an ancient brown ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -In a memorable image from the 1977 film "Star Wars," the young hero Luke Skywalker gazes at two suns setting above the horizon on his desert planet Tatooine. Astronomers since ...

Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky Way. By Katrina Miller Zenghua Zhang, an astronomer at Nanjing University ...

Dark matter remains one of science's deepest mysteries. It makes up about 25% of our universe, yet scientists only observe its gravitational effects. Although invisible, researchers continue searching ...

In an era where the mysteries of the universe are becoming increasingly accessible, Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) junior physics major Joao Passos is making significant strides in understanding ...

NEW YORK (AP) - A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an ...

Schematic of the Wolf 1130ABC triple system, composed of the red dwarf star Wolf 1130A (l), its close and compact white dwarf companion Wolf 1130B (c), and the distant brown dwarf tertiary Wolf 1130C ...