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Researchers find a carbon-rich moon-forming disk around giant exoplanet

Researchers find a carbon-rich moon-forming disk around giant exoplanet
science9/30/2025

Lots of carbon molecules but little sign of water in a super-Jupiter’s disk.

Many of the most interesting bodies in our Solar System aren't planets, but the moons that orbit them. They have active volcanoes, hydrocarbon oceans, geysers, and moon-wide oceans buried under icy crusts. And, as far as we can tell, the physics of t... [6805 chars]