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Astronomers Discover the First Known Moon Outside our Solar System—and What a Moon it Is - Yahoo

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Jeffrey Kluger
Astronomers Discover the First Known Moon Outside our Solar System—and What a Moon it Is - Yahoo
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Astronomers have announced the discovery of the first known moon orbiting a planet outside of our solar system. This finding marks a significant milestone in space exploration, as previous searches for exosatellites had been unsuccessful.

What has eluded detection so far have been exosatellites: moons orbiting those remote planets. Our solar system is home to a whopping 891 moons, but the rest of the known cosmos? Nothing. Until now. …

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