The Hubble Space Telescope has just confirmed Jupiter’s icy
moon Ganymede contains a liquid body of water high in salinity. Although the
moon likely contains the same volcanic vents that spawned life here on Earth,
getting to that ocean would be quite challenging considering it is covered by
an ice sheet 95 miles thick. Nevertheless, the moon is one of several hotspots
right here in our own solar system where extraterrestrial life in the form of microbes
or multicellular aquatic organisms might exist. "Ganymede joins other
neighborhood moons like Europa, the asteroid belt dwarf planet Ceres, and
Saturn's Enceladus and Titan that host strange icy or liquid layers, making
them prime targets in the search for life beyond Earth." Read more at
cnet.com.
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