In a live statement, NASA has announced that there is an excellent chance for life to inhabit Europa, the watery moon of Jupiter, and Enceladus, the watery moon of Saturn.

Both Europa and Enceladus are "water worlds", covered by oceans of liquid water trapped under a layer of ice.

NASA's Saturn probe Cassini observed a plume of hydrogen from a crack in Enceladus's ice. When Cassini sampled the plume, it found it to be 98% water with the remaining 2% consisting of elements like carbon dioxide and methane- and traces of organics.

Based on the data, NASA believes that it's possible for simple life such as bacteria (or perhaps something as complex as shrimp) to live on the seafloor of Enceladus.

"We haven't discovered evidence of organisms on Enceladus," stressed a NASA representative. However, the moon of Saturn has "almost all of the ingredients that you need to support life as we know it on Earth,” said NASA scientist Linda Spilker.

NASA then discussed the Europa Clipper, an upcoming mission to search for life on Europa. Cassini was able to analyze the habitability of Enceladus, says NASA, but does not have the instrumentation to search for life.

More details to come