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Looking for life on Jupiter's icy moon Europa

02-23-2007 · EurekAlert!

If life exists on other planets, it almost certainly will be found where there's water. While many scientists pin their hopes on Mars, UC Berkeley paleobiologist Jere Lipps yearns to probe Jupiter's moon Europa, because its jumbled ice cover reminds him of the Antarctic ice sheets that are home to abundant life on Earth. Lipps and three other scientists discussed the possibilities at the recent AAAS meeting.

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