Similar deep-sea volcanoes found on Earth support microbial life that lives inside solid rock without sunlight and oxygen. Some of these microbes, called thermophiles, live at temperatures hot ...

Picture the Earth’s crust and you most probably think of dense, dry rock. You don’t imagine a goey, honey-like substance trickling down into the planet’s deep underbelly.

Key Takeaways ・Earth’s deep-sea hydrothermal vents provide a model for understanding how life could exist on Europa. ・Holden’s team is studying how vent microbes generate energy using ...