Their first discovery of a Jupiter-sized planet orbiting a Sun-like star 600 light-years from Earth in the constellation Corona Borealis—XO-1b—was reported May 16, 2006 on Newswise.
The team's first breakthrough was the detection of a massive planet orbiting a star similar to our Sun, located 600 light-years away in the Corona Borealis constellation, known as XO-1b, which was reported on May 16, 2006 through Newswise.