Visiting the NASA Lab Looking for Life in Our Solar System

Will we find life under the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa? Neil tours NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to witness the next age of space exploration: ocean worlds.

Learn about The Europa Clipper, the research on the surface of Europa here on Earth, and some of the robots scientists are building to explore Europa’s oceans one day.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction: Jet Propulsion Lab
01:43 - The Europa Clipper
06:30 - What is the Surface of Europa Like?
15:25 - The BRUIE Robot
17:40 - The EELS Robot

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[StarTalk]

Since scientists are working on eel-like robots to explore Europa, what other unique designs or abilities would you add to help them navigate and study an alien ocean?

[connie]

I love watching Neil interact with other scientists. He doesn’t pretend he knows everything and asks a lot of questions for his sake and the audiences.

[BrisketChef]

This totally feels like a a good old fashion School field trip. Thanks Neil!

[hammertyme]

I worked for NASA for 40yrs. The best job on the planet hands down.

[seantlewis]

"We found life with EELS!" Great line to finish on.
Keep doing great stuff like this.

[andrewbennett]

The unbridled joy on Neil's face when Lori showed up was priceless

[mrstardian]

This is one of my favorite StarTalk videos yet.

[martinfarfsing]

This style and format of science show is your best .

[BlackArrowGaming]

These "field trip" style videos are a ton of fun to watch, especially when they feature Q&A sessions with so many other brilliant scientists and engineers! Props to your team for all the extra work they do in terms of recording and editing this type of content. It's well worth it :)

[OffendingTheOffendable]

His genuine happiness to see Laurie was nice to see

[doyouevenhustlePODCAST]

The possibility that sulfur, ejected from the volcanoes on IO might be responsible for life on Europa is absolutely INSANE.

If true, the implications could mean that life on Earth started in a similar fashion. Hurts the mind, just thinking about it.

[SommetiderHvorforDetRoligRolig]

Making that eel able to move around by itself is an insane task.. it has to keep track of all the different "wheels", and calculate how much pressure is put on each spot, and soo much more.. its wild.

[ridvan]

I am so so grateful i have access to this content for Free. It brings me emotions to see how people from different cultures, ethnicities, traditions, etc; collaborate together sharing the same passion and joy for science and curiosity. Thank you so much Neil and all the people behind that makes possible this content to get to us.

StarTalk has helped me so much learning English, i am autodidact and watching Startalk for 1 year has taught me so many things including the English Language. I am so grateful. Sorry for misspelling words or bad grammar, i am still learning. Love you all.

[priver]

I listened to the Sputnik beep on the radio with my father, to see the leaps and bounds of technologies since is astounding.

[andrepecego]

I was already excited about clipper and this made me feel way more excited with EELS

[DedCert]

Neil what you do here is amazing! I learn something new with every episode.

[balearic.blazer]

Anybody else delighted to see Kevin? Like, I know that guy! 😊.. Really enjoyed seeing him in his element talking about Clipper and Europa again. Absolutely fascinating. His lab is like a mad scientist's cave! Love the enthusiasm and knowledge. All those instruments are incredible too 😮

[ObserverChat]

I have tears in my eyes. This warmth my heart knowing there are good and smart people out there that are working on great stuff that helps me get out of bed to yet another depressing news coming from all over the globe. thank you for this great and optemistic video. there's definatly something to look for ❤❤❤❤❤

[twitchdoomx]

Can you do more of this? I love seeing how scientists are ACTUALLY doing science, the tools and the reason they are doing things is so fascinating and useful.

[Damonpeters]

I love this show - all the questions from subscribers - and all angles and answers by Neil and other Scientists- along with Scientific explanations and graphics - one is literally taken to other Worlds.