Daniel Pomarède<p>Stellar surprise – astronomers uncover methane emission on a cold brown dwarf for the first time</p><p><a href="https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/2024/stellar-surprise--astronomers-uncover-methane-emission-on-a-cold-brown-dwarf-for-the-first-time/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tcd.ie/news_events/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">24/stellar-surprise--astronomers-uncover-methane-emission-on-a-cold-brown-dwarf-for-the-first-time/</span></a></p><p>📷 This artist concept portrays the brown dwarf W1935. The team speculates that the methane emission may be due to processes generating aurorae, shown here in red. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Leah Hustak (Space Telescope Science Institute).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discovery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aurora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aurora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aurorae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aurorae</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browndwarfs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browndwarfs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/W1935" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>W1935</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/glowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>glowing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/methane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>methane</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrophysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrophysics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a></p>