Tag: SIMP-0136
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Blazing Auroras on a Sunless World: JWST Sheds Light on SIMP-0136
Introduction: A Sunless World that Dares to Shine In a striking demonstration of how far observational astronomy has come, the James Webb Space Telescope has turned its gaze toward a sunless world known as SIMP-0136. This rogue brown dwarf, free-floating through the galaxy about 20 light-years away in the Pisces constellation, is not bound to…
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JWST Captures Auroras on a Rogue World: SIMP-0136
JWST Sheds Light on SIMP-0136, a Rogue World The James Webb Space Telescope is offering a striking new look at SIMP-0136, a distant sunless world that glows with auroras brighter than Earth’s northern lights. Located roughly 20 light-years away, this object isn’t a planet in the traditional sense and isn’t a full-fledged star either. SIMP-0136…
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James Webb Space Telescope Captures Auroras on a Rogue World
Discovery: Auroras Brighten a Rogue World The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has unveiled a striking phenomenon on SIMP-0136, a distant world that roams interstellar space without a parent star. Located roughly 20 light-years away, SIMP-0136 is about 200 million years old and is best described as a brown dwarf — a celestial object perched…
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JWST Captures Auroras on a Rogue World SIMP-0136
JWST Delivers a New View of SIMP-0136 The James Webb Space Telescope has offered astronomers a rare look at SIMP-0136, a rogue world that drifts through interstellar space without a parent star. About 20 light-years away, this object is roughly 200 million years old and sits in a curious middle ground between a brown dwarf…
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Fiery Auroras on a Rogue Planet: JWST Reveals SIMP-0136 Weather
A fiery aurora reveals a weather-rich rogue planet In a striking departure from typical planet weather reports, astronomers studying the lone world SIMP-0136 — a rogue planet that orbits nothing but the darkness of interstellar space — have detected Northern Lights–style auroras and a surprisingly dynamic atmosphere. The observations come from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb…
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Astronomers Stunned by Fiery Auroras on a Starless Rogue Planet SIMP-0136
Astronomers using a space telescope have turned their gaze toward SIMP-0136, a nearby rogue planet without a parent star, and witnessed a spectacle more akin to Earth’s auroras than a typical wanderer in deep space. The exquisite sensitivity of the instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope enabled researchers to track minute brightness changes as…
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Fiery Auroras Blaze on Rogue Planet SIMP-0136, Spotted by JWST
Introduction: A New View of Exoplanet Weather When space telescopes turn their gaze toward worlds beyond our solar system, they often reveal weather that defies Earthbound intuition. The James Webb Space Telescope, operated through a collaboration of NASA, ESA and CSA, has now provided an exceptionally detailed portrait of SIMP-0136, a hot, free-floating planet wandering…