There is a small possibility that, Upon the death of the sun between 4.5 billion yearsthe life can find refuge On the frozen moons of GiovE: According to the calculations of the study published in the MONTHLY Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, when our star will turn into a red giant. there habitable area could be extend until to reach the GGassy hygante and his satellites. The latter would thus receive enough heat to sublimate the ice and give rise to a tenuous atmosphere of water vapor sufficient to support the life.
The research of the Carl Sagan Institute of the American Cornell University therefore suggests new objectives for the Search for living organisms outside the Solar System: traces could hide in Lune previously frozen who are Around red giants. The researchers led by Elijah Mullens have particularly examined the case of Europe, the satellite young people slightly smaller than our moon, which hides an ocean of liquid water under the frozen crust.
When the Sun will reach the end of his lifewill expand swallowndo Mercury And Venus And By incinerating the earthand the habitable area will move outwards. Under these conditions, Europe will receive much more warmth: The external ice will sublimate and the oceans below will evapore. The phenomenon will be greater on the side turned towards Jupiter, since even the gaseous giant will become warmer, while on the opposite side the evaporation could be moderate enough to create a small atmosphere, which It could persist up to 200 million years. It is an extremely restricted span of time when compared with what life has had available on earth, but could be equally allow to some bodies to prolong theirs permanence within the Solar System.
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