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Evidence of Bacterial Life on Europa

Posted by timothy on from the or-it-could-be-the-flush-of-health dept.

AaronW writes: "According to this article at newscientist.com, the rosy color of Europa may be caused by bacteria. Apparently the previously unexplained infra-red signature matches that of extremophile bacteria found here on Earth."

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  1. Eh... by global_diffusion · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's New Scientist. It sounds nice and could be a valid theory, but until we have more detail we won't know. This is what everyone wants to hear about Europa (because of it's oceans), but that doesn't mean that this is more than a guess.