A team of scientists from Columbia University has found an outer satellite signal outside of our solar system. This discovery showed the possibility of more outer moons coming.
Astronomers, thanks to their research for many years, have also found out beyond our solar system. probability of the existence of satellites. He thinks it’s high. But these planets are very difficult to detect due to their structure.
Astronomer David Kipping and his team, who conducted their research at the Cool Worlds Lab in Columbia, outside our solar system announced that they had access to data that could prove the existence of a satellite.
May provide understanding of the formation of planets
The discovery, published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy, was led by David Kipping at Columbia University’s Cool Worlds Laboratory. Kipping and his team found the signal of a Supermoon by looking at an archive of data from NASA’s Kepler telescope. An exoplanet candidate had been discovered before by the same team. According to Kipping, both supermoon candidates discovered were made up of gas that had been piled under the force of gravity due to their enormous size. If this hypothesis is true that both moons may have started life as planets is being considered.
Astronomers reported that there is a supermoon 5500 light-years away orbiting a Jupiter-sized planet called Kepler 1708b. David Kipping, leader of the research team, in his statement “Astronomers have found more than 10,000 exoplanet candidates so far, but discovering a planet outside the solar system quite challenging” said.
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Kepler 1708b is the most important reason why astronomers are excited. How and where could life have arisen in the universe? have a high potential to give ideas to people on the subject. Reminding that the existence of exoplanets is met with skepticism, Kipping said,“While these planets are alien compared to our system, they have revolutionized our understanding of how planetary systems form.” said.