Aurora found around brown dwarf beyond our Solar System
An aurora has been spotted outside our Solar System for the first time, scientists report. An international team detected the light display around a brown dwarf about 18 light years away in the Lyra constellation. They say the luminous glow looks like the northern lights, but is up to a million times brighter and more red than green in colour. Read more
LSR J1835+3259 is a nearby brown dwarf star of spectral class M8.5, located in constellation Lyra, the discovery of which was published in 2003, and it is the 3rd nearest M-type brown dwarf after DEN 1048-3956 and LP 944-020. Read more