Wednesday, March 17, 2010

COOLEST STORY OF THE WEEK: NASA finds shrimp under Antarctic ice (yes, that's right *ANTarctic* ice!)

A NASA research team drilled an eight-inch hole and stuck a video camera 600 feet down, hoping to observe the underbelly of the thick ice sheet. To their amazement, a curious critter swam into view and clung to the video camera's cable. When the camera came up, there was also a long tentacle stuck to it, which scientists think came from a jellyfish.

Photo Credit: Nasa Via Associated Press

Dude... the idea that life could exist *underneath* Antarctic ice is kind of insane and awesome. This suggests plenty of lifeforms could be under there. In turn, that means that any place there's a lot of ice (even on other planets or their moons) life as we know it could exist.

Posted via web from thepete's posterous

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