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more about #exobiology Vexxarr: gnow, thir iz kno lyfe in Eerowpahs woterz. Iz boorig. Du naht goa thur. Allso, Ey em naht frum Eerowpah. Em hoomahn lyk yoo. more » sidburnd1: because everyone knows oxygen = extra-terrestrial life. more » avconsumer2: $10 says the first NASA designed lure incorporates gold foil. more » zombie_batch: NASA just needs to send the SeaQuest DSV over there to investigate. They'll get to the bottom of this! more » Chip Skylark of Space: Ice fishing on Europa? I know who I'd pick for my crew. Too bad two out of three are dead- I'll still go with the third. more » Chip Skylark of Space: Sounds like the Monster Fish show needs to pack up now and prepare for a series of shows from Europa. More fun then a Mekong Catfish!! more » CodenameV: This could be dangerous; remember what happened the last time we sent a probe to Europa? more » Post-Nuked: When our own moon became a threat to freedom, we acted. Now is the time! Preemptive Strike! Bomb Europa before our children end up speaking Jovian fis... more » Mark 2000: This has been imagined for decades now. Why haven't we sent a drill there yet to do some splashing around? I want to see some space fish in my lifetime. more » TheGreenRanger: why isn't this on the news. next thing ya know we'll be popping through wormholes and frilling other species. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Isn't Europa supposed to be off limits starting next year?? "ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE USE THEM TOGETHER USE ... more » jens004: Judging by the kind of life-forms found around deep-sea volcanic vents on Earth, I'm not sure we'll be wanting to a bite out of European so-called "fi... more » Arkestral: Wait, Jovians? *Reads through 'The Cassini Division' one more time.* Uh-oh. more » Chrisfs59: What if there are not just fish but intelligent life ? We have an open sky and we can see stars and an infinite universe. They have an ice cap. They h... more » AEchinoderm: If there's so much oxygen up/down there, there will be no fish. There will be no plankton. There will be no paramecia, nor algae, nor bacteria. Oxyge... more » Dirk Anger: Dear Mr. NASA President Who knows what kind of diseases, or weapon systems with which to annihilate us those damn alien fish may count. I say, just t... more » Anekanta - Go Play!: I remember seeing something about how this basically happened on Earth as well, during a kind of super ice-age. The solar wind hit the water ice on t... more » greasypigarvin: Given how much stuff we DO know about this satellite that excites us to no end (including it being our best chance of finding life in the solar system... more » jericho.banker001: Jovian Sushi more » whormongr: I would think that there wouldn't be fish there so much as other organisms- think for a secont all of the other forms of life in the sea from amphibio... more » -
#exobiology
Scientists Say Jupiter's Moon Europa Might Be Teeming With Fish
New evidence has come to light that the vast, ice-encrusted oceans of Europa may be harboring Earth-like life that lives on the oxygen-rich waters. Time to plan your extraterrestrial fishing trip? Maybe. More » -
#v
Life Imitates V: The Vatican Welcomes Extraterrestrial Intelligences
In case you thought V's storyline, in which the Catholic Church embraces the alien visitors as "God's creatures," was too far fetched, the Vatican held a conference on exo-biology this week. Which occasioned this awesome image from the Telegraph newspaper. More » -
#conceptart
District 9's Aliens Could Have Looked Much, Much Weirder
If you thought the stranded aliens in District 9 looked disturbing in the film, just check out some of the designs designer David Meng came up with first. New concept art also includes guns, spaceships, and more creepy signs. More » -
