Commenting on the prospects of discovering extraterrestrial lifeforms in our planetary system, Professor Grady also suggested where one could try looking for them on Mars.
As researchers strive to determine whether alien life might be thriving somewhere among the stars, Monica Grady, a professor of planetary and space science who was recently installed as chancellor at Liverpool Hope University, has named a celestial body where mankind may finally find the answer.
According to phys.org, Professor Grady argued that it is the ice-covered oceans of one of the Jupiter’s moons, Europa, where extraterrestrial lifeforms may actually exist.
Musing about the prospects of finding alien life somewhere closer to our planet – namely, on Mars – Grady suggested that it could exist under the surface of the Red Planet where “you’re protected from solar radiation” and therefore “there’s the possibility of ice remaining in the pores of the rocks, which could act as a source of water”.
She also remarked that our solar system is not “particularly special”, and, as humanity is yet to explore all the stars in our galaxy, she believes it’s “highly likely” that “there will be life elsewhere” and “made of the same elements” to boot.
The professor pointed out, however, that it remains unclear whether mankind will ever be able to actually contact extraterrestrial life, due to the vast distances between stars, and that “there’s been nothing real or credible” in terms of the so called “alien signals” emanating from space.
Sourse: sputniknews.com
