To the [Exo]Moon and Back: Understanding Limitations of Exomoon Detections
Could we detect exomoons through transmission spectroscopy of exoplanets? Today’s authors seek to understand if HIP 41378 f could potentially host an exomoon!
Could we detect exomoons through transmission spectroscopy of exoplanets? Today’s authors seek to understand if HIP 41378 f could potentially host an exomoon!
There is a tradition in Astronomy to post silly science papers to the arXiv on Aprils Fools day. We’ve collected them all for 2023 and provided some “peer review”
One challenge of exoplanet astronomy is finding moons orbiting distant worlds. Today’s paper tests out an unusual new method of finding these exomoons!
Observing exoplanets is hard and observing exomoons is even harder. Today’s author proposes a new channel through which we might be able to see these moons!
Can bigger planets form bigger moons when whacked with bigger rocks? Maybe not!
How do moons form in the universe? Astronomers recently gathered direct evidence for the formation of moons around exoplanets!