Posted on February 12, 2026, 12:00 am By professorrosado
Research More At iKnowdle!Unseen planet or brown dwarf may have hidden ‘rare’ fading star
One of the longest stellar dimming events ever observed was likely caused by the gigantic saucer-like rings of either an unseen brown dwarf or “super-Jupiter” blocking its host star’s light, astronomers say. For decades, the star—which sits 3,200 light-years from Earth and is about twice as big as our sun—had been observed as stable, but at the end of 2024 it faded dramatically.
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