Exomoon - Wikipedia
WEBAn exomoon is a natural satellite that orbits an exoplanet or other non-stellar extrasolar body. Learn about the definition, characteristics and detection methods of exomoons, as well as their potential for habitability and life.
Discovery Alert: A Flood of New Planets, Plus Hint of an ‘Exomoon’
WEBApr 22, 2024 · Data from Kepler Space Telescope reveals 60 new exoplanets, including a sub-Saturn and a super-Earth, and hints at a large moon orbiting a Jupiter-sized planet. Learn more about the eclectic assortment of new …
Astronomers Find First Evidence of Possible Moon Outside Our …
WEBOct 3, 2018 · Astronomers have found a candidate moon orbiting a gas-giant planet around a star called Kepler-1625, 8,000 light-years from Earth. The moon hypothesis is based on transit signals and wobbles in the planet's orbit, but …
An exomoon survey of 70 cool giant exoplanets and the new
WEBJan 13, 2022 · Exomoons represent a crucial missing puzzle piece in our efforts to understand extrasolar planetary systems. To address this deficiency, we here describe an exomoon survey of 70 cool, giant...
Astronomers Find Evidence for a Second Supermoon Beyond Our …
WEBJan 13, 2022 · Astronomers at Columbia University report a second, super-sized moon orbiting a Jupiter-sized planet 5,500 light-years away. The discovery, published in Nature Astronomy, is based on a survey of 70 cool gas giants and could reveal how and where life may have emerged in the universe.
List of exomoon candidates - Wikipedia
WEBNovember 2022 — another exomoon candidate was reported around the planet Kepler-1513b (KOI-3678.01). Unlike the previous giant exomoon candidates of Kepler-1625 and Kepler-1708, this exomoon would be terrestrial-mass, ranging from 0.76 Lunar masses to 0.34 Earth masses depending on the planet's mass and moon's orbital period.
The hunt is on for exomoons around alien planets and scientists …
WEBJan 13, 2022 · Astronomers have announced the possible detection of an exomoon, or a moon in another stellar system from our own, the second such candidate observation to date.
Astronomers may have found the first exomoon | Science News
WEBJul 28, 2017 · The first evidence for an exomoon — a moon orbiting a planet orbiting a distant star — may have been spotted in data from the Kepler space telescope. But surprisingly, exomoons in general may...
First alien moon found? Get the facts. - National Geographic
WEBOct 3, 2018 · Scientists claim to have found evidence of a Neptune-sized moon orbiting a Jupiter-like planet 8,000 light-years away. The discovery, based on Kepler and Hubble data, is controversial and needs...
Astronomers Tiptoe Closer to Confirming First Exomoon
WEBOct 3, 2018 · Have astronomers just found the first-ever exomoon, a lunar companion of a planet orbiting another star? Definitely maybe.