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Exomoons that run away from their planets could become 'ploonets'

4 July 2019

We haven’t found any moons around exoplanets, which may be because they are flung away and turn into “ploonets” - a fate that could one day befall our own moon

Why Earth's water could be older than Earth itself

31 October 2018

How did water survive Earth's searingly hot birth? A radical new answer turns planetary history on its head – and could revolutionise the search for alien life

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Exomoons that run away from their planets could become 'ploonets'

Why Earth's water could be older than Earth itself

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