Habitable Zone Planets Around Red Dwarfs Aren’t Likely To Host Exomoons

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This artist's illustration shows a large exomoon orbiting a gas giant planet. There are no confirmed exomoons, only a handful of candidates. New research asks if rocky HZ planets around M dwarfs could host large moons. Image Credit: David A Aguilar (CfA).

The planets in our Solar System host hundreds of moons, so it seems likely that planets in other solar systems do, too. New research examines the likelihood of rocky planets around M dwarfs having exomoons, and it doesn’t look good. They don’t last long enough for them to give life a helping hand like Earth’s moon has.

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