Possible Volcanic Moon Detected 635 Light-Years Away
2024年10月10日 · A new NASA-led study suggests that a potential exomoon may be orbiting the exoplanet WASP-49 b, a gas giant located 635 light-years from Earth. The possible exomoon is believed to be rocky and volcanically active, similar to Jupiter’s moon Io.
First volcanic exomoon likely discovered 635 light-years away
2024年10月14日 · Astronomers have spotted a giant cloud of sodium near an exoplanet called WASP-49 b, and it might just be the clue pointing to a moon unlike any we’ve seen before. Apurva Oza, a staff scientist at Caltech, has been digging into this enigma. His research suggests that this sodium cloud could be coming from a rocky, volcanic moon orbiting the ...
Have astronomers found a hyper-volcanic exomoon? - EarthSky
2019年9月6日 · Astronomers may have discovered a “hyper-volcanic” exomoon – an extreme version of Jupiter’s moon Io – orbiting a distant planet. A new study suggests that this possible moon, 550 light-years...
NASA finds signs of hellish, lava-covered 'exomoon' circling an …
2024年10月17日 · NASA scientists have uncovered new evidence of a hellish, volcanic "exomoon" orbiting a superheated alien world relatively close to Earth. The proposed satellite, which may be covered with lava,...
Does Distant Planet Host Volcanic Moon Like Jupiter’s Io?
2024年10月10日 · New evidence indicating that a massive sodium cloud observed near WASP-49 b is produced by neither the planet nor the star has prompted researchers to ask if its origin could be an exomoon. The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may provide indirect evidence for one.
Hints of volcanic moon around alien planet may be 1st-of-its-kind ...
2024年10月11日 · Our solar system contains the most volcanic object in the known universe: the Jupiter moon Io. Now, researchers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California suggest a...
A Distant Planet May Host a Moon That’s Spewing a Volcanic Cloud
2024年10月15日 · Astronomers have been observing a puffy planet named WASP-49 b for years, but the new paper argues that a sodium cloud whizzing around it does not come from the planet. It might be created by a...
Fumes of Fiery Volcanic Moon Detected Outside The Solar System
2024年10月14日 · Around a neighboring star just 635 light-years away, astronomers have found even more evidence of a moon absolutely livid with volcanoes. There is a giant cloud of sodium consistent with volcanic activity, orbiting an exoplanet named WASP-49b, orbiting in turn a yellow dwarf star named WASP-49.
Astronomers find evidence of a volcanic exomoon
2024年10月12日 · Astronomers have found evidence for a volcanic moon orbiting an exoplanet 635 light-years from Earth. No moons have been confirmed to orbit planets outside our solar system, but a sodium cloud...
Scientists May Have Found a Volcanic Exomoon That Darth Vader Could ...
2019年8月31日 · But instead of an alien planet, the world appears to be a volcanic moon, much like Jupiter's volcano-covered satellite Io, in orbit around an exoplanet called WASP-49. That planet orbits a star...