Astronomers may have detected an exomoon
Astronomers may have detected an exomoon Rob Beschizza 10:46 am Fri Jul 24, 2026 CD-35 2722, a system with a moon-like object (Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser) Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have found evidence of a moon-sized companion far beyond our own solar system, which might be the first exomoon to be detected (though it wouldn't be the first time we've been here). But doesn't seem to orbit a planet, so nobody is sure what to call it.
- ▪Astronomers may have detected an exomoon Rob Beschizza 10:46 am Fri Jul 24, 2026 CD-35 2722, a system with a moon-like object (Credit: ESO/M.
- ▪Kornmesser) Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have found evidence of a moon-sized companion far beyond our own solar system, which might be the first exomoon to be detected (though it wouldn't be the first time we've been
- ▪But doesn't seem to orbit a planet, so nobody is sure what to call it.
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Astronomers may have detected an exomoon Rob Beschizza 10:46 am Fri Jul 24, 2026 CD-35 2722, a system with a moon-like object (Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser) Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have found evidence of a moon-sized companion far beyond our own solar system, which might be the first exomoon to be detected (though it wouldn't be the first time we've been here). But doesn't seem to orbit a planet, so nobody is sure what to call it. The European Southern Observatory announced the detection July 22, timed to a paper in Nature led by Kevin Hoy, an ESO student based in Santiago. This exosatellite or 'exomoon', a natural satellite outside our Solar System [1], is difficult to label, given the differences in this system compared to our own.
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