Complex Life Found Under 600 Feet of Antarctic Ice 237
Chroniton writes "NASA ice scientists have found a shrimp-like creature and a possible jellyfish 'frolicking' beneath 600 feet of solid Antarctic ice, where only microbes were expected to live. The odds of finding two complex lifeforms after drilling only an 8-inch-wide hole suggests there may be much more. And if such life is possible beneath Earth's oceans, why not elsewhere, like Europa?"
only problem (Score:4, Interesting)
And if such life is possible beneath Earth's oceans, why not elsewhere, like Europa?
Because Europa is not Antarctica. We get it. Life can live in ice-covered oceans and it can even be complex. This is all idle speculation until someone actually probes Europa to see what's under there.
Europa is not the same (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Europa is not the same (Score:3, Interesting)
> These creatures probably depend on free oxygen to live, which comes from
> plant life on the unglaciated parts of the Earth's surface.
How did the oxygen get down there?
Re:Why NASA? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:only problem (Score:2, Interesting)
Surely nuclear subs have been there? (Score:3, Interesting)
I wonder if the relevant governments would be willing to release confirmatory data.
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Re:I'm just sayin... (Score:2, Interesting)
Europa this, europa that. (Score:2, Interesting)