Researchers have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons
We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons?
Astronomy
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News tagged with habitable moons
Researcher helps identify new evidence for habitability in ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus
The search for extraterrestrial life has just become more interesting as a team of scientists, including Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Christopher Glein, has discovered new evidence for a key building block for life ...
Astrobiology
Sep 19, 2022
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These are the places that (most likely) host alien life
Not too cold, not too hot—the conditions for life are found not just on Earth, but on a handful of other places out in the universe.
Astronomy
Mar 16, 2018
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Should we terraform Mars?
As we continue to explore farther out into our solar system and beyond, the question of habitation or colonization inevitably comes up. Manned bases on the Moon or Mars for example, have long been a dream of many. There is ...
Space Exploration
Jan 2, 2012
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Life Without Water?
On Saturn’s giant moon Titan, it is so cold that water is frozen as hard as granite. And yet there is a complete liquid cycle of methane and ethane. Scientists wonder whether there could also be life.
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2010
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Avatar's moon Pandora could be real
In the new blockbuster Avatar, humans visit the habitable - and inhabited - alien moon called Pandora. Life-bearing moons like Pandora or the Star Wars forest moon of Endor are a staple of science fiction. With NASA's Kepler ...
Astronomy
Dec 17, 2009
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Researchers identify 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons
We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons?
Astronomy
Jun 14, 2018
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How common are earth-moon planetary systems?
Sebastian Elser, Prof. Ben Moore and Dr. Joachim Stadel of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, in cooperation with Ryuji Morishima of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, tried to estimate how common Earth-Moon planetary ...
Astronomy
Sep 18, 2011
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Earth's moon may not be critical to life
The Moon has long been viewed as a crucial component in creating an environment suitable for the evolution of complex life on Earth, but a number of scientific results in recent years have shown that perhaps our planet doesn't ...
Space Exploration
Jan 27, 2015
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A new way to characterize habitable planets
For decades, science fiction authors have imagined scenarios in which life thrives on the harsh surfaces of Mars or our moon, or in the oceans below the icy surfaces of Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa. But ...
Astronomy
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