Tag Archive for 'Exomoon'

Using a technique called microlensing, astronomers discovered what could be either a moon and a planet - or a planet and a star. This artist's conception depicts the planet-moon scenario. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech.

Astronomers Discover First Exomoon Candidate

Apr 11, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers using telescopes in New Zealand and Tasmania say they have observed an extrasolar moon candidate orbiting an object called MOA-2011-BLG-262. Using...

This is an artist's impression of KOI-314c, the lightest planet to have both its mass and physical size measured. Image credit: C. Pulliam / D. Aguilar / Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

KOI-314c, KOI-314b: Two New Exoplanets Discovered

Jan 8, 2014 by News Staff

Astronomers, led by Dr David Kipping of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, have discovered two new extrasolar planets circling a dim, red...