Moon of Jupiter supported life

PASADENA, Calif - Space scientists said yesterday they were confident life existed in the muddy waters of one of Jupiter's moons…

PASADENA, Calif - Space scientists said yesterday they were confident life existed in the muddy waters of one of Jupiter's moons.

"I am sure there's life there," Dr John Delaney of the University of Washington said in a reference to the Jovian moon Europa. Dr Delaney and the other experts spoke at a news briefing detailing results of pictures from the Galileo probe.

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