Skepticism grows over whether the first known exomoon exists
New analyses of Kepler and Hubble data dig into evidence for Kepler 1625b’s satellite

MOON MISS? Astronomers revisited data used in detecting the first suspected moon orbiting a planet outside our solar system. Their results muddied the waters. This illustration shows what an Earth-like moon orbiting a Saturn-like planet might look like.
NASA
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