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Jupiter-Mass Companion Detected Orbiting Brown Dwarf in Nearby System

The claim forces astronomers to seek astrometry or direct imaging to measure the object's true mass and orbit.

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Astronomers Report Jupiter‑Mass Companion Orbiting Brown Dwarf in CD‑35 2722 System

Webb Detects Hidden Giant Planet Beta Pictoris d Inside Debris Disk

Astronomers Detect Escaping Helium That Indicates an Atmosphere on Nearby Super‑Earth LHS 1140 b

Helium Detection Confirms Atmosphere on Rocky Habitable‑Zone Planet LHS 1140 b

Astronomers Detect Atmosphere on Rocky Habitable‑Zone Planet LHS 1140 b

Astronomers Confirm Third Planet in Beta Pictoris, the Faintest Ever Imaged From Earth

Study Finds Strong Evidence That Rocky Exoplanet LHS 1140b Retains an Atmosphere

Nearby Super‑Earth GJ 3378b Confirmed in Red Dwarf Habitable Zone

TESS and Gaia Confirm Distant Super‑Jupiter Gaia23bra b

Webb Finds Atmosphere on Giant Planet Orbiting a White Dwarf

TESS Reveals a 40,000‑Light‑Year Planet by Chance Using Einstein’s Microlensing

Nearby Super-Earth Candidate GJ 3378 b Measured at 2.3 Times Earth’s Mass

Nearby Super‑Earth Candidate GJ 3378 b Reclassified as Likely Rocky World

JWST Detects Atmosphere and Reheating of Giant Planet Orbiting a White Dwarf

TESS Detects First Planet by Gravitational Microlensing

Reanalysis Lowers Mass of Nearby Exoplanet GJ 3378b and Places It in Habitable Zone

Euclid Releases Unprecedented High-Resolution Mosaic of the Milky Way Bulge

JWST Detects Salt Clouds on the 'Pink Planet' GJ504b

Two Jupiter-Size Super‑Puffs Identified Around Sun‑Like Star