"Gliese 229B was considered the poster-child brown dwarf, and now we know we were wrong all along about the nature of the ...

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery about Gliese 229B, a well-known brown dwarf first identified nearly 30 years ago ...

In 1995, Caltech researchers at the Institute's Palomar Observatory first observed what appeared to be a brown dwarf orbiting ...

"This is the most exciting and fascinating discovery in substellar astrophysics in decades," an astrophysicist said.

The first "failed star" was discovered in 1995, but it was far too dim. The explanation is now astonishingly simple – and ...

Scientists confirm Gliese 229B is a pair of brown dwarfs, not one Gliese 229Ba and Gliese 229Bb complete their orbits in 12 ...

Astronomers solve decades-long mystery of famous brown dwarf - After a breakthrough discovery in 1995, scientists have made ...

Astronomers resolve longstanding mystery of Gliese 229B's dimness, despite its considerable mass. A Caltech-led team ...

Scientists say a celestial object discovered decades ago is actually twins orbiting each other. The discovery was published ...

Hundreds of papers have been written about the first known brown dwarf, Gliese 229B, since its discovery by Caltech ...

Gliese 229B is located 19 light-years away where it orbits a red dwarf called Gliese 229. In 1995, it became the first-known brown dwarf, introducing astronomers to failed stars. Now, fittingly ...