New Find Boosts Prospects For Life On Distant Moons 98
sciencehabit writes "Imagine life on an Earth-like moon, one so close to its gas giant host that its landscape is bathed in a dusklike planetary glow. Such places are not only possible but also probable, according to a new study, which finds that as many as 5% of gas giant planets orbiting their stars at Earth-like distances may harbor habitable 'exomoons.' According to simulations, alien gas giants (like our Jupiter and Saturn) could pull in earth-like planets from the interior of their young solar systems. Though many of these planets would crash into the gas giants or later be flung into space, some would evolve stable orbits and stable climates, eventually setting the stage for life."
Err, waitaminute. (Score:2, Interesting)
...one would think that the radiation would pretty much sterilize any object that damned close, no?
Sure, there are bacteria that thrive in radioactive environments, but there's a diff between fissile waste and a massive gas giant's output...
This is good because (Score:4, Interesting)
Now we know the probability of life developing on a distant moon has gone up from .2a to .25a where a is an unknown value between 0 and 4
That's an exobiology arithmetic joke you cretins.
Re:Err, waitaminute. (Score:3, Interesting)