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 ...

So far, humanity has yet to find its first "exomoon"—a moon orbiting a planet outside of the solar system. But that hasn't ...

Universe Today reports on a new telescope proposal that could help astronomers detect Earth-sized exomoons, explaining current limits, future technology, and why moons around distant planets matter ...

While the exoplanet catalog burgeons to over 5,000 known worlds, exomoon discovery is a whole other story. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

In 2017, the astronomy world was abuzz at the announcement that exoplanet Kepler-1625b potentially had its own moon—an exomoon. This was the first hint anyone had seen of an exomoon, and was followed ...

Fellow exomoon hunter René Heller of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Göttingen, Germany, is less skeptical on that front. He argues that a less extreme inward migration probably ...

A new analysis of a peculiar metallic cloud surrounding the exoplanet WASP-49 b provides further evidence that it may have been birthed by a volcanic satellite, which may become the first officially ...

"Detecting an exomoon would be quite extraordinary, and because of Io, we know that a volcanic exomoon is possible." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.