Scientists may have discovered the first moon beyond our Solar System

An illustration of the CD-35 2722 system. PIC COURTESY/esa

A massive object appears to be circling a brown dwarf in the CD-35 2722 system, but calling it a moon is not straightforward. Unlike moons in our Solar System, it does not orbit a planet.

Instead, it travels around a brown dwarf that itself circles the star CD-35 2722. Observations from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope provide evidence for this unusual arrangement.

If the finding is confirmed, the object could become the first moon detected beyond our Solar System.CD-35 2722 is the largest and most massive member of the young system.

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