Distant planet may host volcanic moon like Jupiter's Io
New research done at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reveals potential signs of a rocky, volcanic moon orbiting an exoplanet ...
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Hints of volcanic moon around alien planet may be 1st-of-its-kind discovery (video)
"Detecting an exomoon would be quite extraordinary, and because of Io, we know that a volcanic exomoon is possible." ...
NASA thinks it found a moon light-years away spewing gas
But a new NASA study may have found a clue that one is orbiting a planet some 635 light-years from Earth. The inference comes ...
NASA Finds Signs of an Io-Like Volcanic Exomoon Just 635 Light-Years Away
The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may provide ...
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A new giant volcano is forming on Io, Jupiter's moon
The volcanic activity of Io, Jupiter's moon, is primarily due to tidal forces exerted by the gas giant. Tidal forces are generated by gravitational variations Io experiences during its orbit around ...
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The Sky This Week from October 11 to 18: 2024’s third Super Moon rises
The Moon passes several planets as Jupiter’s Galilean moons delight and Saturn’s satellite Iapetus reaches western elongation ...
Earth just got a second moon, but not for long. Here's why
The ‘mini moon’ is actually a small asteroid, the size of a school bus, that is known as 2024 PT5. This solar rock has ...
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Can The Longshot Space Cannon Kickstart an Orbital Economy?
Cutting Launch Costs Without Rockets? Since the launch of the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, we have become ...
In Photos: NASA Juno’s Latest Jupiter Images Are Among Its Last
The NASA Juno mission orbiting Jupiter has returned a spectacular new set of images after its most recent flyby of the giant ...