Anonymous at Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:33:04 UTC No. 16584050

>>16583202
bump

Anonymous at Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:54:23 UTC No. 16584122

>>16583202
Europa, Ganymede, Enceladus, maybe Callisto. Almost zero chance of multicellular but I'm holding out until we drill Europa.

Anonymous at Thu, 13 Feb 2025 03:56:59 UTC No. 16584287

>>16583202
I could believe there's some relatively simple multicellular life Europa's oceans. You'd think it wouldn't get enough energy since it's so far from the sun, but tidal forces squeeze the moon and generate friction heat. Also europa gets a bunch of ionizing radiation from Jupiter's radiation belt. There could also be thermal vents down there for all we know. The tidal squeezing also creates convection currents that might help dissolve minerals in the water, making a good proto-life soup.

Anonymous at Thu, 13 Feb 2025 04:52:28 UTC No. 16584328

>>16584122
>but I'm holding out until we drill Europa.
The Ice is like 2km thick, that shit isn't happening for at least 30 years. It's really disappointing especially considering things like Mars missions get more attention and funding. Looking for alien life is way more interesting than planting a flag on some desert planet. Then again, Mars use to have water on it, maybe they'll find some fossilized bacteria.

Anonymous at Fri, 14 Feb 2025 05:42:16 UTC No. 16585482

>>16583202
100%
Enceladus
Europa
>>16584122
Multicellular is likely around the volcanic vents.

The hard part isn't getting a probe through the ice crust but transmitting data back.

Anonymous at Sat, 15 Feb 2025 19:40:49 UTC No. 16587044

>>16583202
Very low chance to no chance. There is no other life in the universe besides that on Earth. Don't fuck it up.

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Feb 2025 10:56:57 UTC No. 16590031

>>16584328
this. and honestly we'll probably not even be able to drill through it as the radiation is insane. but if we can cover that, there is a possibility of using uranium (I think) to "drill" (melt) a hole into the ice.
I think there are octopuses down there we'll have to wait and see

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:09:34 UTC No. 16590040

>>16590031
correction. the current thinking requires using a radioisotope thermoelectric generator with plutonium to melt the ice. it could be done relatively quickly this way. perhaps within a day, our time

Anonymous at Tue, 18 Feb 2025 11:19:02 UTC No. 16590044

>>16583202
I think Mars and Europa have pretty good chance of having something with Venus and other ice moons slightly lower but very realistic chances.
Ultimately a moot point, we have only really explored Earth in regards to this, mars and moon haven't been combed nearly enough to actually rule out life (though moon is pretty clearly quite empty)

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 20:16:48 UTC No. 16591758

>>16583202
There's gotta be decent chance, there are like 10 places where there could be life, the best being Mars, Europa, Enceladus and Titan. We haven't even really looked that hard yet.

Anonymous at Thu, 20 Feb 2025 08:23:39 UTC No. 16592296

>>16590040
how would you communicate with the probe after it bores dozens of miles into europa?

Anonymous at Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:34:13 UTC No. 16592603

>>16592296
they still need to figure that out, just like the rest or the process. but according to some sources it seems that RF could be a possibility depending on the makeup of the ice shell. the most basic idea would be to bring a 30km long cable and hook it to a relay station. I also saw some shjt about using lasers but that sounds fake. yeah this mission's not gonna happen

Anonymous at Thu, 20 Feb 2025 14:41:05 UTC No. 16592769

Our solar system? 0
Other solar systems? Somewhat likely, but mostly simple forms of life