Moons orbiting free-floating planets, planets drifting through space without a parent star, might seem like unlikely candidates for life. However, a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the ...

Astronomers always knew spotting moons around planets outside the solar system would be no mean feat — but a debate currently raging in planetary science circles shows just how tough detecting these ...

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 ...

Exomoons are a hot topic in the science community, as none have been confirmed with astronomers finding new and creative ways to identify them. But while astronomers have searched for exomoons ...

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. The Space Telescope ...

The Space Telescope Science Institute has announced which astronomy proposals have been selected to be given time with the James Webb Space Telescope over the next two years. On Thursday (Feb. 29), ...

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 ...

Our solar system hosts almost 900 known moons; more than 400 orbit the eight planets while the remaining orbit dwarf planets, asteroids, and Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Of these, only a handful ...

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 ...