Astronomers may have spotted a distant alien moon being born

Astronomers spot 1st moon-forming disk around an alien world

Astronomers may have spotted a distant alien moon being born

Astronomers make first clear detection of a moon-forming disc around an exoplanet. Astronomers have unambiguously detected the presence of a disk around a planet outside our Solar System for the first time. The observations will shed new light on how moons and planets form in young stellar systems.