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ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News

ScienceDaily: Extrasolar Planets News


Faraway moon or faint star? Possible exomoon found

Posted: 12 Apr 2014 06:41 AM PDT

Titan, Europa, Io and Phobos are just a few members of our solar system's pantheon of moons. Are there are other moons out there, orbiting planets beyond our sun? Researchers have spotted the first signs of an "exomoon," and though they say it's impossible to confirm its presence, the finding is a tantalizing first step toward locating others. The discovery was made by watching a chance encounter of objects in our galaxy, which can be witnessed only once.

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