Illustration of an exomoon circleing a gas giant planet (IMAGE)

Columbia University

Illustration of an exomoon circleing a gas giant planet

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The discovery of a second exomoon candidate hints at the possibility that exomoons may be as common as exoplanets.

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Helena Valenzuela Widerström

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