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Kepler-1625b I is a possible moon of exoplanet Kepler-1625b, which may be the first exomoon ever discovered (pending confirmation), and was first indicated after preliminary observations by the Kepler Space Telescope. [4]
In July 2017, researchers found signs of a Neptune-sized exomoon (a moon in another solar system) orbiting Kepler-1625b using archival Kepler Mission data. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In October 2018, researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope published new observations of the star Kepler-1625 which revealed two independent lines of evidence indicative of a ...
October 2018 — researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope published observations of the candidate exomoon Kepler-1625b I, which suggest that the host planet is likely several Jupiter masses, while the exomoon may have a mass and radius similar to Neptune. The study concluded that the exomoon hypothesis is the simplest and best explanation ...
Artist's impression of candidate exomoon Kepler-1625b I orbiting its planet. [1] An exomoon or extrasolar moon is a natural satellite that orbits an exoplanet or other non-stellar extrasolar body. [2] Exomoons are difficult to detect and confirm using current techniques, [3] and to date there have been no confirmed exomoon detections. [4]
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Kepler-1625 is an approximately solar-mass star and yet is 1.7 times larger in diameter. [3] Its effective temperature is around 5,550 K, slightly lower than that of the Sun. [12] [3] These parameters suggest that Kepler-1625 may be a yellow subgiant nearing the end of its life, with an age of approximately 8.7 billion years. [3]
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A daring deep sea search has found tiny pieces of a mysterious meteor that crashed to Earth in 2014. The ‘alien hunter of Harvard’ tells Bevan Hurley the discovery may be evidence of an ...