Exomoon orbiting a brown dwarf around a Sun-like star

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Astronomers Find Hints of an Exomoon

Astronomers might have found a moon half the mass of Jupiter orbiting in a nearby system, based on the wobbles of its host world.

Illustration of Kepler-1625b and moon transiting star

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Doubt Cast on Exomoon Candidates

Exomoon candidates are tantalizing but, according to new research, perhaps unfounded.

Neptune-size exomoon around a giant planet (art)

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Needle in the Haystack: New Exomoon Candidate Found

Astronomers may have found a second Neptune-size exomoon hidden in the retired Kepler space telescope’s data.

the PDS 70 circumstellar disk

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Astronomers Detect Potential Moon-forming Disk around an Exoplanet

Astronomers have made the first clear detection of a dusty disk surrounding an exoplanet, which could eventually go on to form moons.

Exomoon (art)

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Have Astronomers Detected Exomoons At Last?

Have astronomers detected two giant exomoons? The answer depends on how convincing you deem newly presented results — and how you define a moon.

Exomoon (art)

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Exomoon or No Exomoon?

Last October, the first discovery of a potential exomoon was announced. But is Kepler-1625b-i an actual moon in another solar system? Or just an artifact of data reduction?

Illustration of Kepler-1625b and exomoon in transit

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Hubble Boosts Case for Exomoon

Exoplanet Kepler-1625b might harbor a moon the size of Neptune—potentially the first confirmed exomoon—but researchers urge caution.

Saturn's moons

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Best Exomoon Candidate Yet?

Astronomers have found one of the best exomoon candidates in data collected by the Kepler spacecraft.

Giant ringed planet

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Help Astronomers Track a Giant, Ringed Planet

The possible discovery of a massive ringed planet in Orion needs confirmation — and amateur astronomers can help.

ring system around J1407b

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Gap Reveals Potential Exomoon

Astronomers have confirmed that the star J1407 seems to have a companion with a gigantic, gap-ridden ring, inside which an “exomoon” might be forming.