Aliens Can Be Found On 'Brown Dwarf' Clouds, Scientists Suggest

Everybody knows that any unknown and unrecorded creature is called an alien. And in their determination to find where and what these aliens are, scientists discovered that aliens could be lurking behind stars' clouds.

According to a report from the Science Alert, these clouds are found in what they call "brown dwarfs." These are cold, failed stars the size similar to that of small planets and active stars. One of the factors why researchers from the University of Edinburgh believe that these brown dwarf clouds are able to harbor life is the temperature.

The atmosphere of these clouds is Earth-like. Thus it can be capable of growing microbes. Jack Yates, a planetary scientist, cleared that terrestrial planets with surface are not necessary to breed organisms. Other scientists in previous search shared that they can even imagine these budding lifeforms to be "floating" along with the atmosphere they are being grown at.

In an estimate by the scientists, there could be a billion "brown dwarfs" in the universe, reports the Daily Mail. The report went on describing that these failed stars are about 32 light years away from the Earth and are believed to be made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. Some of which are essential factors to honing life.

All these hypotheses were bred and inspired from a previous work by Carl Sagan in 1976, reports Science Magazine. In this research, Sagan suggested that there are floating ecosystems in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter and other planets that are powered by sunlight.

In the whole of history of searching for life outside Earth, brown dwarfs are always popping in the search. So, in 2018 when the James Webb Telescope becomes fully operational, one of its focus researches will include brown dwarfs. Until then, scientists will be able to further detail their study on life in these failed stars.