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Samantha Mathewson

Hints of volcanic moon around alien planet may be 1st-of-its-kind discovery (video)

This artist’s concept depicts a potential volcanic moon between the exoplanet WASP-49 b, left, and its parent star. 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.

Scientists have found new evidence of a potentially volcanic moon orbiting a planet beyond our solar system. 

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