The first suspected exomoon may remain hidden for another decade

Astronomers still can’t pin down the distant object’s identity

exomoon illustration

IN AND OUT OF VIEW  A glimpse of a possible Neptune-sized exomoon around a Jupiter-sized exoplanet (shown in this artist’s illustration) is proving hard to confirm. 

NASA, ESA and L. Hustak/STScI (CC BY 4.0)

SEATTLE — A good exomoon is hard to find.