HD 28185 b is the first exoplanet discovered with a circlular orbit within its star's habitable zone.
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 | Oceans in the Air
Gigantic oceans of water girdle HD 28185 b. But these oceans are not liquid, they are clouds of ice crystals. Here, we see a cloudscape akin to what might be found on our own world, but on a much vaster scale. In the distance, two of the planet's moons are lit by the morning sun. If one of these moons is large enough and far enough from the planet's super energetic magnetic field, it my harbor oceans of its own. Oceans of a more familiar variety. |  | Earth-like Moon of HD 28158 b
HD 28185 b orbits within the habitable zone of its star. Although the planet itself is a gas giant with no solid surface, it may have rocky moons, some as large as Earth. Such moons would have similar climate to the Earth as well and might have an atmosphere, oceans, and even, possibly, life. |  | A Living Moon
Upon an Earth sized rocky moon of HD 28185, safe beneath a nitrogen atmosphere and a strong magnetic field and nurtured by temperate oceans of liquid water, life flourishes. Although mere speculation, the existence of a living moon such as this one is almost guaranteed somewhere in the galaxy.
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