A discovery that overturns astronomical data brings to light a possible planet – named 2M1510 B – which seems to move perpendicular to the planet’s planet. The planet was found in the 2MASS J15104786-281874 system, also known as 2m1510, and seems to be wandering around two brown dwarfs-celestial bodies that are too large to be considered planets but too small to characterize stars.

The unusual thing is that this planet moves in a polar orbit, that is, above the poles of two brown dwarfs, at an angle of 90 degrees compared to their orbit – something that has never been observed again in a planetary system.

Scientists have used the radial speed method – instead of the usual method of crossing – to detect the small movements of brown dwarfs, caused by the gravitational effect of the possible planet. The research was led by Thomas A. Baycroft, a doctoral student at the University of Birmingham, and was published in the journal Science Advances in April 2025. The planet was added to the NASA Exoplanists Archive on 1 May 2025.

To date, only 16 planets have been confirmed on two stars (Circumbinal), by more than 5,800 well -known exoplanets. If confirmed, the 2M1510 B will be the first of its kind – an astronomical “strange traveler” that moves vertically to a universe that generally prefers order and flat geometry.