Sunday, November 30, 2025

Tentative Exomoon Signal in HD 206893 B

Artist's rendition of an Earth-like exomoon orbiting a larger exoplanet. (Credit: Frizaven on English Wikipedia; redistributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License)

Have scientists finally confirmed the existence of the first exomoon? This is what a recent study accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics hopes to address as a large international team of researchers investigated new methods for identifying an exomoon orbiting a gas giant exoplanet. This study has the potential to help scientists develop new methods for finding exomoons, the latter of which has yet to be confirmed.



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