Comet Enthusiast

Astronomers at the University of Toronto have observed extreme brightness changes on a nearby brown dwarf that may indicate a storm grander than any seen yet on a planet, including Jupiter's 300-year old storm, the Great Red Spot (image above from Voyager 1). This finding could new shed light on the atmospheres and weather on extra-solar planets. Because old brown dwarfs and giant planets have similar atmospheres, this finding could shed new light on weather phenomena of extra-solar planets.