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Possible manifestations of brown dwarfs (artist’s impression). As brown dwarfs are nearly invisible in the optical light and only emit radiation in the IR regime, they exhibit different colors in that range. Credit: AIP/J. Fohlmeister

When re-analysing catalogued and updated observational data of brown dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood, astronomers from Potsdam have found a significant number of nearby brown dwarfs should still be out there. The study challenges the previously established picture of brown dwarfs in the solar neighborhood.

Brown dwarfs are objects that are too large to be called planets, yet too small to be stars...