NASA’s Search For Life in a Radiation Death Zone | Europa Clipper

Europa Clipper is looking for signs of alien life in a very deadly place. Head to http://80000hours.org/veritasium to start planning a career that can help change the world for the better. A massive thank you to Dr. Robert Pappalardo for his expertise and time. A huge thank you to Gretchen McCartney and Cynthia B. Phillips at NASA JPL for their help. For more on hydrothermal vents, check out NaturalWorldFacts on YouTube - @NaturalWorldFacts 00:00 ATTEMPT NO LANDING. 01:06 Jupiter’s deadly radiation belts 03:56 Europa’s secret 06:15 Why Europa isn’t completely frozen 08:03 Effects of tidal flexing 09:13 Why alien life could exist 10:39 How Europa Clipper detects signs of life 11:34 Why not Enceladus? 13:01 Europa Clipper’s instruments 15:13 Launch date and first results ▀▀▀ Special thanks to our Patreon supporters! Join the community to help us keep our videos free, forever: https://ve42.co/PatreonDE Adam Foreman, Albert Wenger, Anton Ragin, Ayush Agrawal, Balkrishna Heroor, Bertrand Serlet, Bill Linder, Blake Byers, Bruce, Dave Kircher, David Johnston, Evgeny Skvortsov, Garrett Mueller, Gnare, gpoly, I. H., Jack Cuprill, John H. Austin, Jr., john kiehl, Juan Benet, KeyWestr, Kirill Shore, Kyi, Lee Redden, Marinus Kuivenhoven, Matthias Wrobel, Meekay, meg noah, Michael Krugman, Orlando Bassotto, Paul Peijzel, Reed Spilmann, Richard Sundvall, Sam Lutfi, Shiroyasha, Tj Steyn, TTST, Ubiquity Ventures and wolfee If you’re looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where the atoms snap together magnetically - https://ve42.co/SnatomsV ▀▀▀ References: Europa Clipper via Wikipedia - https://ve42.co/ECWiki Magnetosphere of Jupiter via Wikipedia - https://ve42.co/JupiterMagWiki Europa Clipper (2024) via Nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/ECNasa Extraterrestrial Cycloids - Why Are They on Europa? via minutephysics on YouTube - https://ve42.co/MinPhysCycloid Hand, K. P. & Carlson, R. W. (2015). Europa’s surface color suggests an ocean rich with sodium chloride. Geophysical research letters - https://ve42.co/Carlson2015 Dalton, J. B. et al. (2003). Near-Infrared Detection of Potential Evidence for Microscopic Organisms on Europa. Astrobiology - https://ve42.co/Dalton2003 Europa Clipper: Exploring Jupiter's Ocean World (2024, May 24) via Youtube - https://ve42.co/PappalardoLec Carr, M., Belton, M., Chapman, C. et al. (1998). Evidence for a subsurface ocean on Europa. Nature 391, 363–365 - https://ve42.co/Carr1998 New Findings Support Prospect of Life on Jupiter’s Moon Europa (2024) via Nasa.gov - https://ve42.co/NasaEuropaLife Meitzler, R., Jun, I., Blase, R. et al. (2023). Investigating Europa’s Radiation Environment with the Europa Clipper Radiation Monitor. Space Sci Rev 219, 61 - https://ve42.co/Meitzler2023 Images & Video: 2010: The Year We Make Contact - https://ve42.co/2010Contact CGI animations via NASA - https://ve42.co/NasaCGI NASA Eyes on the Solar System - https://ve42.co/NasaEyes Jupiter's magnetosphere via Chandra X-Ray Center - https://ve42.co/JupiterMagChandra Io's Volcanoes via BBC Earth Science - https://ve42.co/IoBBCEarth Clipper ships via Wikipedia - https://ve42.co/ClipperShipWiki Various moon images via NASA - https://ve42.co/NasaMoons Hydrothermal vent animation from NaturalWorldFacts - https://ve42.co/NWFVentAnims Hydrothermal vent footage by Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute - https://ve42.co/ARIVent Snotbot footage from VICE News - https://ve42.co/SnotBotVice Plate tectonics on Europa by Noah Kroese - https://ve42.co/KroeseTectonics JUICE CGI animations via ESA - https://ve42.co/JUICECGIESA Arthur C. Clarke photo via ITU Pictures under the CC 2.0 license - https://ve42.co/ClarkePhoto ▀▀▀ Directed by Gregor Čavlović Written by Gregor Čavlović and Derek Muller Edited by Jack Saxon Animated by Mike Radjabov, Fabio Albertelli, and Jack Saxon Illustrated by Jakub Misiek Filmed by Derek Muller, Petr Lebedev and Gregor Čavlović Additional research by Gabriel Bean Produced by Derek Muller, Gregor Čavlović, Rob Beasley Spence, Tori Brittain, Luke Lewis, Barbara Abraul, Gabriel Bean, Petr Lebedev, and Casper Mebius Thumbnail contributions by Ren Hurley, Peter Sheppard, and Jakub Misiek Additional video/photos supplied by Getty Images and Storyblocks Music from Epidemic Sound


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