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That's no moon. It's a...hang on, what should we call it? 🤔

Our VLT has revealed evidence for a moon-like object in the CD-35 2722 system. Yet this new ‘exomoon’ detection is challenging cosmic labels!

Illustration: ESO/M. Kornmesser

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The artist's impression features a small star (left) and two gaseous planets covered in clouds (centre and right), set against the blackness of space.
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