NASA's Webb Reveals Orderly Weather on Distant Brown Dwarf

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Published: 2026-10-17
Category: science
Source: ScienceDaily (citing Trinity College Dublin and NASA's James Webb Space Telescope)

Observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have shown that SIMP 0136, a brown dwarf 20 light-years away, possesses a surprisingly orderly weather system with three recurring atmospheric states. This discovery, made by researchers at Trinity College Dublin using Principal Component Analysis, offers a new method for understanding atmospheric conditions on exoplanets and brown dwarfs.

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