An earth sized tidally locked moon around a gas giant could still have a magnetic field because it spins on its axis once per orbit
I appreciate skepticism, but the tone of some of these comments seems to indicate a strong desire that nothing be found.
Dont forget that we are just looking at things in our galaxy, and there are billions of galaxies out there.
If such a planet had Earth size moons, we'd see not Europa and Callisto but worlds with rivers, lakes and all sorts of habitats - a surprising scenario that might just be common.'
Yeah, I want to live where there's 50ft tides, or maybe where day and night last for years at a time if the moon is orbiting a sideways planet like Uranus.
If such a planet had Earth size moons, we'd see not Europa and Callisto but worlds with rivers, lakes and all sorts of habitats - a surprising scenario that might just be common.'
Yeah, I want to live where there's 50ft tides, or maybe where day and night last for years at a time if the moon is orbiting a sideways planet like Uranus.
Life will find a way. If day lasted for years, couldnt you just always keep on the move and stay in the daylight? Marine life could, and birds, too. As many crazy and interesting life forms we have on earth, little things like that wouldnt stop life from finding a way.
And scratching the surface or no, what we're seeing isn't all that encouraging to me. Perhaps I'm missing something...
Well perhaps I should qualify that. It's encouraging for finding simple life, not complex life.
The sheer volume of the universe is encouraging to me. If we exist, then so do other intelligent life forms.
The universe seeks to know itself,
The rules that created life here are or should be the same in other parts of the universe, therefore undoubtedly there is intelligent life in the universe.
No reason for extreme tides on a tidally locked moon. The tides will stay in one place, so the moon just won't be perfectly round.
The dominant hypothesis right now is that life started in hydrothermal vents.
The dominant hypothesis right now is that life started in hydrothermal vents. Alkaline vents provides the necessary CHNOPS elements redox energy thermal cycling for initial replication.
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Jan 7, 2013Yeah, I want to live where there's 50ft tides, or maybe where day and night last for years at a time if the moon is orbiting a sideways planet like Uranus.