Galileo Worlds: The Moons of Jupiter

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The scientists had calculated that because of the combined effects of Jupiter’s gravity and that of Europa, the neighboring moon, Io would be stretched and squeezed continuously over millennia. The constant oscillations in the moon’s shape would be violent enough to heat up its center and make Io a highly volcanic world.


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It is Known That Life Exists in The Ocean of Europa

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What follow are quantitative arguments that life must exist in Europa’s ocean. The arguments are statistical in nature and support the remarkable conclusion that life exists there with certainty.


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The Technology for Searching for Large-scale Life in The Ocean of Europa Exists and It Should be Used

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Such a search might detect large-scale life in the waters of Europa, or it might provide information that such life does not exist. Either way, use of such technology is worth the effort.


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An Empirical Response to The Argument That Life is Unique to Earth

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Life is not unique to Earth, and that can be proven statistically. What follows is a brief qualitative argument that some form of life can certainly be found in other places.


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Changing Our View of The World

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Over the last fourteen years, we have learned that the largest body of water in the Solar System is not on Earth. It is on Europa.


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A Profound Change in Humanity’s Worldview

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In the last fourteen years, humanity’s worldview has changed as much as it has since the acceptance of Big Bang Theory.


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The Race to Find Other Life in The Universe

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Scientists speculate that it may be found on Mars, Europa or one of the other moons of Jupiter or Saturn, but it remains elusive.


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An Extremely Cold New World

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Life on Europa is certainly possible, but it would be extremely cold.


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Jupiter

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Jupiter is the largest of the planets in our solar system. 62 moons orbit around it and it is covered with a thick layer of gas and clouds.


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A Whole Lot of Space

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There is a whole lot of space above us, here we will take a brief look into somethings about it.


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