“But now scientists believe there may be environments well outside that zone that could potentially harbor life, an idea that Green called “tremendously exciting.” ‘
Has this belief been changed by the discovery of those deep sea tube worms that survive without sunlight?
“they discovered that the tubeworms had no mouth, digestive tract, or anus, they learned that bacteria live inside the tubeworms’ bodies”
Quite possibly.
More On Europa’s Galileo mission here. A brief NASA overview of Europa here with a cool photo of the surface.
Slated for 2020…
See Also: Phil Plait from Bad Astronomy and Carl Zimmer briefly discuss NASA here.
