The Search for Alien Moons Just Got Much More Promising
Episode 34 min 13s

The Search for Alien Moons Just Got Much More Promising

Could the James Webb Space Telescope finally detect small moons orbiting distant planets? New research shows that combining observations from multiple planetary transits can reduce noise and reveal much weaker signals.

Although no exomoon was found around LP 890-9 c, the study suggests that the search for the first confirmed exomoon may be more promising than previously thought.

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