Scientists Are Studying Earth’s Deep Oceans to Find Life on Jupiter’s Moon

Scientists Are Studying Earth’s Deep Oceans to Find Life on Jupiter’s Moon

One of the most exciting places to study resilient microbes, that survive without sunlight, is Europa, a moon of Jupiter, which is believed to harbor a vast, hidden ocean beneath its icy surface. Researchers, led by James Holden, a microbiologist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, are using Earth’s deep-sea microbes to model what life could look like on this distant moon. Microbial Life on Earth: A Model for the Cosmos Holden and his te…