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  • A companion novel released alongside the movie, "Avatar: An Activist Survival Guide," indicates that there are two moons orbiting the gas-giant with nitrogen-oxygen atmospheres (a la Earth).

    ‘Avatar’ Sequel Confirmed By James Cameron… And Here’s What We’d Like To See » MTV Movies Blog 2010

  • The gas-giant planets would remain gravitationally impossible for human life, but not their moons.

    In Brief: Science Fiction 2011

  • Gazprom Media, the unit of gas-giant Gazprom that owns 66% of Ekho, denied the latest changes were aimed at influencing Ekho's editorial policy and described them as routine business decisions.

    Radio Move Is Viewed as Kremlin 'Pressure' Gregory L. White 2012

  • In 1977 the unmanned probes Voyager 1 and 2 were launched to explore the gas-giant planets Jupiter and Saturn.

    Voyager Heads for the Stars Lawrence Krauss 2011

  • Farther out are the gas-giant planets, such as Jupiter, plus vast amounts of light elements, which formed comets on the boundary of the solar system.

    The Sky Is Falling 2008

  • The moon that the Amagiri was approaching circled the gas-giant world Eurymede VI, about a parsec from Klingon space.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Farther out are the gas-giant planets, such as Jupiter, plus vast amounts of light elements, which formed comets on the boundary of the solar system.

    The Sky Is Falling 2008

  • The moon that the Amagiri was approaching circled the gas-giant world Eurymede VI, about a parsec from Klingon space.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

  • Farther out are the gas-giant planets, such as Jupiter, plus vast amounts of light elements, which formed comets on the boundary of the solar system.

    The Sky Is Falling 2008

  • The moon that the Amagiri was approaching circled the gas-giant world Eurymede VI, about a parsec from Klingon space.

    Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Seize the Fire Michael A. Martin 2010

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