Aizawl, May 25 -- A team of astronomers from Mizoram University and the Physical Research Laboratory has discovered a rare high-mass brown dwarf orbiting a Sun-like star, marking a significant breakthrough in the study of celestial objects that lie between planets and stars.
The newly identified object, named TOI-7154b, was detected using advanced spectroscopic observations carried out with the PARAS-2 spectrograph installed at PRL's Mount Abu Observatory in Rajasthan. The discovery has been published in the latest edition of The Astronomical Journal.
The research team from Mizoram University was led by Dr. Lalthakimi Zadeng, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics, while the PRL team was headed by Prof. Abhijit Chakraborty. Scie...