A team of astronomers believe they have spotted the first moon outside our solar system. Phys.org reports that the team lead by Dr. David Kipping, assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia ...

The discovery of the first potential exomoon has astronomers scratching their heads. It’s the size of Neptune, and its planet is the same size as Jupiter but ten times the mass. It’s also made of gas.

SPACE SCIENTISTS have discovered evidence of the first exomoon – a moon orbiting a planet outside of our solar system. Astronomers say the mysterious space object belongs to the exoplanet Kepler-1625b ...

We have now confirmed the existence of over 4,000 exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, which are teaching us about how planets and systems form and could even help us locate other ...

In October of last year, astronomers spotted evidence of a potential exomoon orbiting a Jupiter-like planet about 4,000 light-years away from Earth. The discovery was the first of its kind: No other ...

For the first time ever, astronomers may have spotted a moon circling an alien planet — though they'll probably never know for sure exactly what they've found. A team of scientists detected a pair of ...

An orphaned exomoon gradually being torn apart could explain the bizarre dimming behavior of a star that has puzzled scientists for years—and even made global headlines as being potential evidence of ...

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Moons are abundant in our solar system: Earth has one, Mars has two, Jupiter has 79 and counting, not to mention the other gas giants. Even objects as small as asteroids can have moons. But ...

While analyzing data from NASA’s Hubble and Kepler Space Telescopes, astronomers happen upon new exoplanets all the time. But the same can’t be said about exomoons, which are essentially moons ...

A second, smaller dip that appears ahead of or behind the planet could reveal the moon, they said. (Reuters) Astronomers have potentially discovered the first known moon beyond our solar system, ...

The far-off moon is believed to be roughly the size of Neptune... SPACE SCIENTISTS have discovered evidence of the first exomoon – a moon orbiting a planet outside of our solar system. Astronomers say ...