1.   And, now it turns out, the Sun has also lost its distinction as the only star known to have planetary companions.

2.   But in a cosmic twist of fate, it turns out that their complex shapes in some cases may be telling us a story about their planetary companions.

3.   No sooner had astronomers taken a look at a low-mass star than they found it had a planetary companion.

4.   Planetary companions cannot be seen directly in visible light or other wavelengths.

5.   The discoverers do not know if the Pegasus planet is a solid or gaseous body, or if it is alone or has planetary companions.

6.   The star was already known to have an even larger planetary companion, at least two and a half times as massive as Jupiter.

7.   They look for faint variations in the light of distant stars, indicating the gravitational effects of a planetary companion.