ALIEN life could be lurking in our solar system, and a Nasa scientist has revealed some of the most likely locations to find it.
Dr. Michelle Thaller works as a scientist at Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center and recently spoke about the guest to find alien life in New York City.
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Speaking at Artechouse’s Beyond the Light exhibit, Dr. Thaller told a small group of attendees: “In the case of the solar system, there are certain places that there’s heavy evidence that there may be life here.”
The expert said Venus, Mars, and Saturn’s icy moon Titan are all places where life could be discovered.
She added: “I think it’s only a matter of time until we have proof that it’s in the solar system but, that’s the thing, we’re waiting for that ‘there’s nothing else it could possibly be,’ because can you imagine the trouble we’d get in?”
The type of life Dr. Thaller is referring to is small microbial organisms.
It’s thought some microbes could exist in the harsh conditions of other planets and we don’t yet understand how they survive.
VENUS
Dr. Thaller thinks Venus could be one of the best places to look.
Previous research has suggested microbial life forms might exist in the upper atmosphere of the planet.
The expert exclusively told The U.S. Sun: “I never expected Venus. Venus is now one where we see something in the atmosphere that looks very much like it could be produced by bacteria.”
MARS
Experts are looking for both signs of existing life and evidence of ancient life on the Red Planet.
Dr. Thaller told The U.S. Sun: “On Mars, we see chemistry that on Earth, if it were here, we would say is due to life.
“But the question is, how well do we understand Mars and are we being fooled by something?”
TITAN
Nasa has a section on its website that explains the potential for life on Titan.
The icy moon is said to have an underground ocean of liquid water.
Nasa said: “Titan could potentially harbor environments with conditions suitable for life—meaning both life as we know it (in the subsurface ocean) and life as we don’t know it (in the hydrocarbon liquid on the surface).
“Although there is so far no evidence of life on Titan, its complex chemistry and unique environments are certain to make it a destination for continued exploration.”