Tag Archive for 'SIMP J01365663+0933473'

An artist’s impression of aurora on the brown dwarf SIMP-0136. Image credit: Evert Nasedkin.

Webb Detects Aurora on Free-Floating Brown Dwarf

Sep 30, 2025 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found evidence for the deposition of energy into the upper atmosphere of the nearby...

An artist’s impression of SIMP 0136. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. Olmsted, STScI.

Multiple Cloud Layers, Hot Spots and Changing Chemistry are Present in Extrasolar Worlds: Study

Mar 3, 2025 by News Staff

New observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope support the presence of three specific features — clouds, hot spots, and changing...

Artist’s conception of SIMP01365, an object with 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter, but a magnetic field 200 times more powerful than Jupiter’s. Image credit: Chuck Carter, Caltech / NRAO / AUI / NSF.

Free-Floating Exoplanet Has Extremely Strong Magnetic Field

Aug 6, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using NSF’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array have detected a ‘rogue’ planetary-mass object with a surprisingly powerful magnetic field. Artist’s...