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New research from LMU’s ORIGINS Cluster and MPE shows that #moons of free-floating #planets could keep oceans liquid for up to 4.3 billion years thanks to hydrogen atmospheres and tidal heating – long enough for complex #life to emerge. 🌍💧 #LMU #Astrophysics #Exoplanets www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...
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Exoplanets: Conditions suitable for life on distant moons
Hydrogen atmosphere could keep exomoons habitable for billions of years
