Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRelated: Rocky exoplanet may have right conditions for life, including atmosphereAstronomers have discovered a unique celestial object in the CD-35 2722 star system, which may be the first moon found outside our solar system. The object is unusual because it does not orbit a planet, but instead circles a brown dwarf that itself orbits a star. Due to its atypical orbit and significant mass, scientists are debating its classification, as it blurs the lines between stars, planets and moons. Researchers have provisionally named the object an "exosatellite" and detected it using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. This discovery, published in the journal Nature, marks a significant breakthrough in understanding the formation and prevalence of moons in other planetary systems. In fullNewly discovered object is so strange that we don’t know what to call it, astronomers sayMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Astronomers discover celestial object unlike anything seen before
Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleRelated: Rocky exoplanet may have right conditions for life, including atmosphereAstronomers have discovered a unique celestial object in the CD-35 2722 star system, which may be the first moon found outside our solar system. The object is unusual because it does not orbit a planet, but instead circles a brown dwarf that itself orbits a star. Due to its atypical orbit and significant mass, scientists are debating its classification, as it blurs the lines between stars, planets and moons. Researchers have provisionally named the object an "exosatellite" and detected it using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope. This discovery, published in the journal Nature, marks a significant breakthrough in understanding the formation and prevalence of moons in other planetary systems. In fullNewly discovered object is so strange that we don’t know what to call it, astronomers sayMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
