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Originally Posted by Kybosh
The discovery of ecosystems completely reliant on geothermal energy (as opposed to solar) in the deep sea is, IMO, one of the most important discoveries of the last 100 years. That finding completely changed the way we looked at the concept of "life".
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that discovery almost single-handedly guaranteed that we could someday find life on other planets in our solar system. i think Europa is the moon completely covered in ice but with an active core that could provide liquid water deep below the surface. if there are deep liquid water oceans, then i think it almost has to be a certainty for there to be life there after what we've seen in our own oceans