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Europa May "Nurture" Life

Posted by timothy on from the lunar-womb dept.

Bullschmidt writes: "This article suggests that Europa may not only have the water to support life, but also heat, generated from the intense tides of the Jovian moon, to not only support, but possibly nurture, life. The article also suggests that the same forces that heat the water may be also responsible for melting the icy crust of Europa, causing its characteristic cracked surface."

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  1. ironically... by quinto2000 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    i was just watching 2001 this afternoon :)

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  2. Re:Odds are there won't be life... by doooras · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    pretty much EVERY planet we have explored people have concocated some story or theory or whatever about how it contains life, Mars, Venus, Jupiter etc. But once we get there we realize that there isn't any life, or at least any we can detect.

    What about the Klingons on Uranus?


    sorry... had to revert back to the 4th grade for a second.