Are they exomoons or not? Scientists debate the existence of the first moons to be seen outside our solar system
Astronomers always knew that discovering moons around extrasolar planets would be no easy feat – but a debate currently raging in planetary science circles shows just how difficult detecting these so-called exomoons will be. The story begins in 2018, when astronomers including David Kipping, an assistant professor of astronomy at Columbia University, believed they had … Read more