Methane, Water, and Strange Clouds on the Universe’s Failed Stars

NASA’s SPHEREx telescope has uncovered surprising chemical diversity in brown dwarfs, mysterious objects that fall between planets and stars.

Their atmospheres contain unexpected patterns of water, methane, and other molecules, revealing why predicting weather on these cosmic wanderers remains a challenge—even for advanced scientific models.

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