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Re:Tubeworms live beneath the planetary crust around deep-se... by ruleryak on Thursday October 17, 2024 @04:30PM (#41873451)
https://archive.is/I23NT - mirrored

I won't pretend to be a biologist, so forgive me if this is naïve, but this does feel like it's at least within the realm of possibility of working similarly on Europa, right? As in a non-zero chance at least.

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Re:Tubeworms live beneath the planetary crust around deep-se... by jl6 on Thursday October 17, 2024 @05:56PM (#41874220)
It would be bold to declare it impossible. We know so little about abiogenesis. There might be a critical ingredient or condition that Earth had which Europa lacks.

Or maybe not. Europa’s ocean could be teeming with life.

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Re:Tubeworms live beneath the planetary crust around deep-se... by thebruce87m on Thursday October 17, 2024 @05:58PM (#41874240)
Discovery and detailed analysis of life on Europa in my lifetime would be amazing. Even better if we can get Attenborough there.
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Re:Tubeworms live beneath the planetary crust around deep-se... by hinkley on Thursday October 17, 2024 @10:54PM (#41875971)
Scary life that tries to eat the astronauts…
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