While typical eclipses last a few days or weeks, this one lasted nearly 200 days.

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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, ...

Researchers report that ASASSN-24fw dimmed for nine months due to a ringed companion, likely a brown dwarf or super-Jupiter, based on observations published by Universe Today and the Royal ...

In A Nutshell A star 3,260 light-years away dimmed by over 95% for six months, one of the longest stellar blackouts ever ...

A distant star dimmed by 97% for nearly 200 days. Astronomers say giant rings around a brown dwarf or super-Jupiter may explain it.

Astronomers have reported one of the longest stellar dimming events ever recorded, with a Sun-like star fading by 97 percent for nearly 200 days. Astronomers believe one of the longest stellar dimming ...

"The most likely explanation for the dimming is a brown dwarf – an object heavier than a planet but lighter than a star – surrounded by a vast and dense ring system." When you purchase through links ...

An artist’s impression of the stellar dimming event caused by a brown dwarf or super-Jupiter with massive rings (foreground) forming an opaque “saucer” through which some light from the star ...