Australian Sky & Telescope

New exomoon candidate found

yet confirmed the discovery of a single exomoon, even though a dozen candidates have been put forward. Now, David Kipping (Columbia University) and colleagues haveanother potential exomoon. But just as with previous candidates, they urge caution.

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