The Star Spot

The Star Spot


Episode 171: Ploonets: When Moons Go Rogue, with Jorge Zuluaga

September 01, 2019

Astronomers have yet to confirm a single detection of an exomoon. Now it turns out at least part of the explanation is that we may have been looking in the wrong place all this time. Introducing ploonets. Today we’re joined here at The Star Spot by Jorge Zuluaga, whose team coined the name to describe a moon that has gone rogue, and while it may sound exotic, a speculative theory posits that ploonets could have played a key role in the evolution of our very own planet.