Russia participates in the search for life on Jupiter's satellite

On January 7, Russia's Interfax news agency said it has just announced plans to participate in a program to study Jupiter's moon Europa. This program was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) with the aim of finding out if there are primitive forms of life at Europa.

(Photo: Physorg.com) According to the head of the Russian Space Research Institute, Lev Zelyony is explored in the series of ESA's 10-year space exploration program from 2015-2025. " The main task of exploring the Europa satellite is to find out whether under the ice of the satellite surface there exists liquid water, where there is water, where life can grow ," Zelyony to speak.

Mars and Jupiter's Europa satellite are the scientists' greatest interest in finding extraterrestrial life. These two places have signs of oceans that once existed through grooves recorded by exploration ships.

It is known that Jupiter is the largest asteroid planet of the Solar System, its satellite Europa was discovered by astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) from the 17th century along with three other satellites.

In addition to cooperating with ESA, in October last year, the leader of the Russian Federal Space Agency also signed an agreement with the US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) about the two collaborating to explore the Moon and Mars.