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They type of creature that might live in the Ocean of Europa

May 12, 2009

What Life Might Look Like on Jupiter’s Europa: New Extreme Species Discovered

Wonder what life of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, might look like? Checkout a new species of archaebacteria, Pyrococcus CH1,discovered thriving on a mid-Atlantic ridge within a temperature range of 80 to 105°C and able to divide itself up to a hydrostatic pressure of 120 Mpa (1000 times higher than the atmospheric pressure). Alieve won’t help down there.

http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/05/a-prelude-to-et-new-species-discovered-thriving-in-extremely-high-temperature-and-pressure.html

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