Moon-forming disk discovered around distant planet

Using Earth's most powerful array of radio telescopes, astronomers have made the first observations of a circumplanetary disk of gas and dust like the one that is believed to have birthed the moons of Jupiter.

First evidence of ‘exomoon’ found in Kepler data

Astronomers reviewing data collected by NASA’s Kepler space telescope have found the first evidence for a possible “exomoon” orbiting a gas giant planet 8,000 light years away.

Distant moons may harbor life

Researchers have identified 121 giant planets that potentially host moons capable of supporting life.