Scientists say alien life may live on Jupiter’s moon Europa

[Mike Wehner]

• Jupiter's moon Europa may have the conditions necessary to support life, a new study claims.
• The interior of the planet is believed to be liquid water, and if that water has a stable source of heat, life could exist or even thrive there.
• Future missions to explore Europa could reveal whether or not life has ever taken root there.

Of all the worlds in our solar system, Jupiter's frosty moon Europa is on the very short list of places where we might find life. Europa's surface is a frosty crust that covers a subsurface ocean. There's enough heat deep down within the moon that liquid water exists, and that means there might be life there.

Now, a new round of research from a team led by Mohit Melwani Daswani of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggests that not only is there an ocean of water hiding inside Europa, but that the interior of the moon may be split into distinct layers, with the surface ice acting as a shell.

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