Our solar system hosts almost 900 known moons; more than 400 orbit the eight planets while the remaining orbit dwarf planets, ...

Team "pro-exomoon" is back to defend the discovery of the first and only exomoons potentially seen by humanity. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Computer simulations suggest NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory could detect Earth-like exomoons around gas giant exoplanets through reflected starlight and lunar eclipses.

A reddish striped planet is seen next to a smaller orb that's blueish. The two objects are set against a dark background representing space. New research has a duo of scientists channeling Obi-Wan ...

The extrasolar planets Kepler-1625b and Kepler-1708b are supposedly the home worlds of the first known exomoons. A new study now comes to a different conclusion. Only two of the more than 5300 known ...

The beloved telescope will soon begin working on a fascinating to-do list. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, ...

Astronomers will have their best shot yet at finding exomoons – alien moons that orbit planets beyond the solar system – after efforts to look for them were picked for the next phase of observations ...

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