Powerful radio signals that Jupiter generates could be used to help researchers scan its giant moons for oceans that could be home to extraterrestrial life, according to a recent study submitted to the journal Icarus.

The research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with NASA and funded through the Internal Research and Technology Development program.


Europa is being put under the spotlight this week at the NASA Ames Research Center with a workshop on the potential for finding life in a Europa plume. The workshop will be held on Wednesday, February 18, 2015, and is co-hosted by the NASA Astrobiology Institute (NAI) and the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI). For more information, click here.