And it shows that space still holds many surprises. The planet—named 2M1510 (AB) b—moves around a pair of brown dwarfs, which are celestial objects heavier than gas giants but not quite stars.

WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...

The two stars are brown dwarfs, which means they are both small and very dim because they can’t sustain nuclear fusion and are often referred to as failed stars or substellar objects.

It orbits not two stars but two brown dwarfs – celestial objects too small to be a star and too big to be a planet. And its orbit is unlike any other such planet on record. Brown dwarfs could be ...

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An artist's impression shows the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b's unusual orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs, objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. The newly discovered ...

An artist's impression shows the exoplanet 2M1510 (AB) b's unusual orbit around a pair of brown dwarfs, objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars. — Reuters/File ...

Right angle Illustration of 2M1510 showing the orbits of the two brown dwarfs (in blue) and that of the planet (in orange). (Courtesy: ESO/L Calçada) The first strong evidence for an exoplanet with an ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and exciting." Scientists have perhaps discovered the weirdest planetary ...

The 2M1510 system, with the brown dwarf binary (A and B) and a third brown dwarf (C) orbiting both of them. (Image credit: DESI Legacy Survey/D. Lang (Perimeter Institute)) But they began to ...