Is there any chance of life in our solar system i think there is especially europa?
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In the first place, we're not entirely sure we've discovered the whole solar system. We just discovered a new planet further out than Pluto. Its name is Sedna, and now we think there may be another planet in our solar system even further out than Sedna.
In the second place, it is possible but unlikely that life, intelligent or otherwise, exists on any body in our solar system besides Earth, but scientists think that Europa probably has the greatest chance of supporting life of any body in our solar system besides Earth. That does not mean it is very probably that Europa has life--many scientists think that the probability of that is low. But it is still the most probable.
yes
no b/c life cannot survive if it isn't in the survival zone (around earth) if ur talking about any other life
there is no life on europa
ye, i think there is... but it depends what you mean by europa. in spanish, that's "europe" so yes, there is life in europe
Possibly,- but not probably. I'm sure there are other solar systems similar to ours out there though. If so, there probably is another planet simmilar to earth.
Life is complex and therefore requires complex molecules undergoing complex reactions. Thus - it is a balancing act with respect to temperature - too hot and complex molecules fly apart - too cold and simple molecules can't move around enough to form complex molecules. So - while it is very difficult to rule out life elsewhere in our solar system - it is extremely unlikely. Mercury and Venus are almost certainly too hot - meaning that the complex molecules necessary to support the complex chemical processes which life necessarily entails would not be stable at those temperatures (Venus is also extremely acidic). Everywhere else is almost certainly too cold (meaning not enough thermal energy to sustain enough molecular motion that would support the complex chemical processes that life would necessarily entail). The only place that isn't too cold is Mars - where temperatures at the equator can reach 20 C (70 F) - (warm enough to walk around without a coat were it not for the fact that the atmospheric pressure is so low it would suck your eyes out - although this in and of itself shouldn't be a problem for any life that evolved there) - the problem with Mars is that it is bone dry - again - life requires complex molecular motion and this in turn requires a liquid solvent system to allow molecules sufficient degress of freedom of motion. Now - there is some thought that an ice covered moon around a large planet MAY have water underneath the ice and be warm enough to sustain life for a time. This warmth could arise from the friction experienced by the moon as it is gravitationally squeezed in and out due to its eliptical orbit around the giant planet that sees the moon's distance regularly shorten and lenghthen. The only problem with this kind of life would be that its energy source would have to be chemical since there would be no appreciable sunlight from so far away that could penetrate the ice and support a photochemically-based food chain. If life is based on chemical energy, sooner or later that source will be exhausted. This happened on earth, and fortunately photosynthesis had evolved thereby giving life on earth a renewable energy source. This evolutionary challenge is not unlike human civilization at its current juncture, where we are close to exhausting our sources of chemical energy (petroleum) and are recognizing the need to adapt by switching to renewable sources such as wind and sunlight.
Absolutely. When scientists look for life they look for liquid water first and foremost. Europa most likely has a liquid ocean underneath its icy surface, and Encaladus (one of Saturn's moons) is currently spewing out water at high temperatures. Also, Mars had liquid water one its surface at one point, and may have even had entire oceans.
If a planet or moon has liquid water, the next thing it needs is some form of energy. This energy could be photosynthesis or chemical or thermal energy, but no matter what there's most likely going to be some type of energy that life can use to live off of.
Now with water and energy, like can exist. Assuming life evolved on earth, it has to be able to evolve elsewhere save for an act of god. Or life could left the earth via a asteroid strike and traveled somewhere else in the solar system. Bacteria can easily survive a long journey through space, so if they landed on Mars, Europa or Enceladus, then it would be able to stay there and reproduce.
Nonetheless, i think it is very likely that there is life in our solar system outside of earth.
Europa as in the icy moon of Jupiter? Yes, I think it is possible that single-celled protozoans or maybe multicelled organisms are thriving in that moon.
Pessimists often argue that life wouldn't be possible in the outskirts of our solar system because the region is simply to far away from the sun. Photosynthesis wouldn't be possible and that the conditions are to harsh for life to flourish.
I guess they do not know of the almost alien-like ecosystem that is found in the depths of our oceans. The crushing pressure in this realm is lethal to most marine animals. Marine flora is replaced by underwater volcanoes which emit sulfur and other poisonous chemicals. Yet several species of crabs, bony fishes, and jellyfishes are surviving in this environment that also cannot be reached by sunlight.
These animals are right here on earth and live by chemosynthesis. They are so adapted to that type of environment that they die when they are brought to the surface.
Life always finds a way.
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