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NIRC2 image of J1446 taken in August 2023; the white arrow indicates the location of the new companion J1446B. Image credit: Uyama et al., doi: 10.3847/1538-3881/ae08b6.

Astronomers Directly Image Brown Dwarf around Nearby Red Dwarf Star

Oct 21, 2025 by News Staff

Using a combination of the Subaru Telescope, the W. M. Keck Observatory, ESA’s Gaia mission, astronomers have imaged a brown-dwarf companion around the...