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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

After a breakthrough discovery in 1995, scientists have made the ‘most exciting and fascinating discovery in substellar ...

Gliese 229B orbits around a red dwarf star, Gliese 229, both of which are situated about 18 light-years from Earth. "Seeing the first object smaller than a star orbiting another sun was ...