In contemplating likely habitats for life beyond Earth, planetary scientists rank Jupiter’s moon Europa as a prime candidate. A boatload of circumstantial evidence suggests that beneath the icy surface of this moon lies a vast ocean. And where there’s water, there could be life.
If life on Earth is any guide, however, organisms cannot live by water alone.
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