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So far, there is no evidence that life exists on Europa, but the moon has emerged as one of the most likely locations in the Solar System for potential habitability. [140] [182] Life could exist in its under-ice ocean, perhaps in an environment similar to Earth's deep-ocean hydrothermal vents.
Even if there is no life on Europa, this mission is crucial in the search for alien life, since ocean worlds across the galaxy are prime candidates for life. Missions like Europa Clipper are ...
Planetary habitability in the Solar System is the study that searches the possible existence of past or present extraterrestrial life in those celestial bodies. As exoplanets are too far away and can only be studied by indirect means, the celestial bodies in the Solar System allow for a much more detailed study: direct telescope observation, space probes, rovers and even human spaceflight.
The James Webb Space Telescope has detected carbon, a building block of life, on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. ... on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
Natural satellites that host life are common in (science-fictional) written works, films, television shows, video games, and other popular media. factual satellite, fictional life Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, Io and Titan in "Cowboy Bebop" (1998) The Moon in A Trip to the Moon (1903) and many other films; Europa in Europa Report (2013) and ...
The team was able to complete necessary testing in time, preventing a 13-month delay of the launch to explore Europa, an ice-covered world that may have the potential to support life in its salty ...
What type of life might Europa harbor? Besides water, organic compounds are needed for life as we know it, plus an energy source. In Europa’s case that could be thermal vents on the ocean floor. Deputy project scientist Bonnie Buratti imagines any life would be primitive like the bacterial life that originated in Earth’s deep ocean vents.
Life may exist in Europa's under-ice ocean. So far, there is no evidence that life exists on Europa, but the likely presence of liquid water has spurred calls to send a probe there. [36] Recurring plume erupting from Europa. [37] The prominent markings that criss-cross the moon seem to be mainly albedo features, which emphasize low topography.