Astronomers have obtained their first detailed look at a peculiar Milky Way object known as 'The Accident'.
The huge object is 12.7 times the mass of Jupiter and has a magnetic field 200 times more powerful.
A mysterious world 4,000 times more massive than the Earth has been found lurking 22,000 light years away.
Extrasolar planets may not be the only place where it is possible to find signs of extraterrestrial life.
Scientists have identified water clouds around a brown dwarf star that is 7.2 light years from the Earth.
A glow similar to the Northern Lights has been picked up around a brown dwarf star 20 light years away.
Astronomers have found evidence of water clouds outside of our own solar system for the first time.
The weather conditions found on a brown dwarf 6.5 light years away have been mapped for the first time.
Astronomers believe that there could be an exoplanet orbiting a nearby pair of brown dwarf stars.