Astronomy's Secret Weapon for Exomoon Search

Astronomy's Secret Weapon for Exomoon Search

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Fraser Cain
6 Video Views·Dec 17, 2025

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We know exomoons should exist but so far none are confirmed. This is one the hottest search areas for astronomy. But how can we find them and what can we expect from the future discoveries? Finding out in this interview.

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📜 Combining Gaia and GRAVITY: Characterising five new directly detected substellar companions
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00:00 Intro
01:21 Current state of exomoons
06:67 Interferometers and the GRAIVTY instrument
10:07 Which exomoons can we expect?
22:38 Why didn't we find exomoons yet?
25:05 Interferometers
32:38 What's next?
34:16 Current obsessions
38:58 Final thoughts

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