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Red dwarfs are too volatile, often experiencing huge changes in output or massive flares that would sterilize otherwise habitable worlds. Further, planets close enough to be in the habitable zone are usually tidally locked, which would create permanent temperature extremes that are difficult...

Thanks for the link. :) Titan is an interesting case, as it has all the components for habitability, while simply being too cold. Yet, outside the solar system, we have found many gas giants within the habitable zone of their host stars. Knowing from Saturn that Titan like moons do exist...