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Tango0124 Jul 2018 2:57 p.m. PST

"Our Solar System has its own Hoth: Europa, the ice-covered Jovian moon where the existence of alien life hasn't been ruled out. Unlike on Hoth, where life thrives on the icy surface, life on Europa would thrive in the ocean beneath its frigid surface—but of evidence for it might be just beyond the reach of our experiments.

If life exists somewhere, it should leave behind some chemical sign, or a biosignature, showing the presence certain kinds of molecules. Plumes of gas shooting from the cracks in Europa's surface could contain these signatures, but so might the surface itself, according to new research. Those surface biosignatures would just need to survive Jupiter's intense radiation…."
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Bowman25 Jul 2018 6:33 a.m. PST

This is what drives me nuts about hip science blogs like Gizmodo. They posit a claim like, "Life on Europa Could Be Just Beyond Our Reach…." and then the entire article explains how life can be detected on the surface. Also, no mention of ELF, the Enceladus Life Finder, which is a suite of life finding tools more advanced than those found on the Martian Rovers. This will be a low altitude flyer that can directly fly through the plumes. No reason this can't be modified to work on Europa.

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Tango0128 Jul 2018 10:54 a.m. PST

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