Artist’s impression of the cold brown dwarf BDR J1750+3809

ASTRON/Danielle Futselaar

Artist’s impression of the cold brown dwarf BDR J1750+3809

Artist’s impression of the cold brown dwarf BDR J1750+3809. The blue loops depict the magnetic field lines. Charged particles moving along these lines emit radio waves that LOFAR detected. Some particles eventually reach the poles and generate aurorae similar to the northern lights on Earth.

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