According to reports, the first aurora outside our solar system has been discovered by astronomers. It is said to be located 18 light years away from the Earth. Also, it is reported to be approximately 10,000 times more powerful than any aurora that has been observed earlier.

In an aurora, a natural display of light in the sky is seen; it could be seen predominantly in high-latitude areas. This aurora is similar to 'Northern lights' on our planet, however this discovery is not from a planet, instead it is from a star of low mass located at the border between stars and brown dwarfs.

The finding indicates that there is a considerable difference between the magnetic activity of brown dwarfs and planets and the huger stars.

According to Gregg Hallinan, assistant professor of astronomy at Caltech, the magnetic activity observed on the dwarf could be explained by the auroras that are quite powerful. As per Hallinan, the object they've discovered also shows that coronal activity that resembles solar activity is replaced by activity of the aurora on brown dwarfs and smaller projects.

As per Hallinan, "For the coolest brown dwarfs we've discovered, their atmosphere is pretty similar to what we would expect for many exoplanets, and you can actually look at a brown dwarf and study its atmosphere without having a star nearby".

Astronomers used Karl G Jansky VLA or Very Large Array at radio wavelengths together with Hale Telescope and Keck Telescope to discover the object named as LSR J1835+3259.