Brown dwarfs are curious celestial bodies that appear to straddle the mass divide between stars and planets. Often referred to as "failed stars," brown dwarfs form in isolation from a collapsing ...

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concluding that they ranged from 15 to 50 percent water by mass. Research has also shown that planets orbiting red dwarfs could have too much oxygen gas (another biosignature) early in their history.