The search for extreterrestrial intelligence, or even simple life on other planets and areas of space is one of the most intriguing areas of astronomy.  The SETI program involved sending and listening for radio signals from other planets.  Now the search for exomoons may be the next phase in the search for alien life:

Using data from our solar system and observations of huge planets far beyond the visual range of any telescope, astrophysicists Rene Heller and Ralph Pudritz have shown that some moons of those planets could be habitable.

Their findings, presented in two papers in the journals Astronomy and Astrophysics and The Astrophysical Journal, suggest that some moons of exoplanets — planets beyond our solar system — are the right size, in the right position and have sufficient water to support life.

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