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MO0NFALL: The Great Filter and Exo-Moon Occurrence

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2024-07-26 v2 Popular Physics

Abstract

We observe neither life beyond Earth, nor moons around exoplanets, despite the prevalence of Earth-like planets across the galaxy. We suggest Moonfall as a possible mechanism to explain both simultaneously.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2303.18227,
  title  = {MO0NFALL: The Great Filter and Exo-Moon Occurrence},
  author = {Casey Brinkman and Keyan Gootkin and Rena A. Lee and Grey Murphree and Nick Saunders and Linnea Wolniewicz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.18227},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

This was an april fools paper, I didn't realize it was still up!

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