Objects known as brown dwarfs are midway between stars and planets in mass. Observations of a hot brown dwarf irradiated by a nearby star will help to fill a gap in our knowledge of the atmospheres of fluid planetary objects. See Letter p.366
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Showman, A. Illuminating brown dwarfs. Nature 533, 330–331 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/533330a
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