Is it a Star, is it a Planet? No! It’s a Brown Dwarf!
Brown dwarves are half way between gas giant planets (like Jupiter and Saturn) and stars. They shine their own light and can have planets around them like stars, but they have atmospheres, clouds and storms, like planets.
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