Astronomers identified a second possible exomoon
The candidate orbits a planet circling a sunlike star about 5,700 light-years from Earth
![an illustration of the exomoon Kepler 1708 b i, shown as a blue-green orb, orbiting a large, Jupiter-like exoplanet](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/011222_SP_exoplanet_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
The exomoon Kepler 1708 b i (green-blue orb in this illustration) circles a Jupiter-sized exoplanet that in turn orbits a sunlike star about 5,700 light-years from Earth.
Helena Valenzuela Widerström