Are Rogue Exomoons the Newest Frontier in the Search for Habitability?

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This AI-generated illustration shows an exomoon orbiting a free-floating planet. New research shows that there are some evolutionary pathways where exomoons orbiting rogue planets could be warm enough for liquid water. It also says that these habitable conditions could last for billions of years. There's at least a chance that complex life could arise in the right circumstances on rogue planet exomoons. Image Credit: D.Dahlbüdding / ChatGPT / DALL·E

There may be as many rogue planets or free-floating planets in the Milky Way as there are stars. If there are billions of these worlds, some of them have likely held onto their moons. New research reveals a pathway to habitability for these rogue exomoons.

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