“Big surprise”: astronomers find planet in perpendicular orbit around pair of stars – ESO Press Release

Astronomers have found a planet that orbits at an angle of 90 degrees around a rare pair of peculiar stars. This is the first time we have strong evidence for one of these ‘polar planets’ orbiting a stellar pair. The surprise discovery was made using the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) – Read the full story on ESO Press Release

2M1510 (AB) b, a planet in a perpendicular orbit around two brown dwarfs - Credits: ESO.
2M1510 (AB) b, a planet in a perpendicular orbit around two brown dwarfs – Credits: ESO.