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Exciting Potential for Habitable ExoMoons

Monday, January 7, 2013 16:20

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Artistic rendition of a sunset view<br /> from the perspective of an imagined Earth-like moon orbiting the giant planet, PH2 b. Image Credit: H. Giguere, M. Giguere/Yale University” width=”500″ /></a>
<p>Artistic rendition of a sunset view<br />from the perspective of an imagined Earth-like moon orbiting the giant planet, PH2 b. Image Credit: H. Giguere, M. Giguere/Yale University</p>
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<p>Imagine moons like Europa or Enceladus that are orbiting distant gas giant exoplanets located in the habitable zone of their star. What would be the potential for life on those moons? Hopefully one day we’ll find out. That could be the scenario at an exoplanet that has been found by the Planet Hunter citizen science project. This is the second confirmed planet found by <a rel=

Planet Hunters, and PH2 b is a Jupiter-size planet in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.
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