Human Beings Have Long Looked
to the stars and hoped that alien life might look back at us.
Yet The Truth Is That
The first extraterrestrial life we discover is far more likely to be microbial
A Prospect Less Romantic
perhaps than the idea of bipedal aliens shaking hands with humans after landing on Earth.
Such Microbial Life Has Been
theorized to have existed in the early days of Mars, before its water dried up, though we still don't know for certain.
Now, Astrobiologists Are Turning Their
Gaze towards another nearby neighbor, Europa an icy gray moon of Jupiter as a suddenly much more alluring candidate for simple life.
Renewed Interest In Europa's
Potential to harbor life stems from a new study about the peculiar moon.