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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.

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

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

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

TESS Detects First Planet by Gravitational Microlensing

TESS Survey Identifies 27 Candidate Two‑Star Planets

Second Infant Planet Confirmed Forming Around Nearby Star WISPIT 2

Explainers Break Down Astrophage—the Star-Eating Engine of Project Hail Mary

Astronomers Tie Distant Star’s Chaotic Fading to Evidence of a Planetary Collision

Kepler Data Reveal Earth-Size Planet Candidate HD 137010 b Near Star’s Habitable Edge

Webb Maps Four Dust Spirals and Confirms Third Star in Rare Apep Wolf-Rayet System

VLT Spectra Reveal Gas Ring Around V Sagittae, Hinting at Likely Nova in Coming Years

Astronomers Confirm Rare Quadruple System Pairing Two Red Dwarfs With Two T-Type Brown Dwarfs

Webb Uncovers Provisional Saturn-Mass Exoplanet in Alpha Centauri A’s Habitable Zone

James Webb Uncovers Massive Early Galaxies and a Fading Exoplanet Candidate

Alpha Centauri A’s Suspected Gas Giant Evades 2025 JWST Searches

NASA to Target Super-Earth TOI-1846 b With James Webb Space Telescope

Gaia and ALMA Data Confirm Giant Planet in Formation Around MP Mus

Webb Reveals Silicate Clouds and Moon-Forming Disk in YSES-1 System

T Coronae Borealis' Predicted Nova Explosion Misses March 27 Date, Still Considered Imminent