Black holes tend to have spin and therefore orientation. When they are accreting enough of something they release gamma ray bursts from their poles. Again, orientation.

Because there is no question, it's far enough away that it's irrelevant.

I really hope this happens with The Expanse. For those who don't know, the show ends at the end of book 6. Between book 6 and 7 is a 30 year gap but still involves the same characters since human lifespans are about double what they are now.

It'd be awesome to see the show pick up again in like 15 years and do the last 3 books.

Brown Dwarfs are essentially high mass gas giants though. That's the issue, we don't have enough knowledge about them and the limit to which they transition to stars to properly classify them better. They are difficult to find and observe because they don't shine bright comparatively and we only have hypothetical limits to what mass is necessary to ignite.

But yes, lower end mass gas giants like what is in our solar system are definitely not close enough to be considered failed stars in any regard.

Needs tsunami calculations, but great otherwise