"In major extra-terrestrial news, scientists have announced the first discovery of
at least one huge body of liquid water beyond planet Earth, offering confirmation
at last of a potential offworld habitat for alien life.
The water in question - roughly enough to fill one of the North American Great
Lakes - has been spotted beneath the ice cap covering Europa, one of the moons
of Jupiter. Better still, it's thought that the ice floating atop the hidden lake is
collapsing and mixing with the water below, offering evidence that the Europan
ice cap mixes with the oceans of water beneath it - which makes it much more
probable that life could exist in the deeps below."
See:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11...ke_alien_life/