Killer alien jellyfish could be lurking in the water near Jupiter.
Killer alien jellyfish could be lurking on Jupiter
Scientists say the conditions on the gas giant are perfect for the fearsome stinging creatures and they could be even more deadly than those found on Earth.
Boffins studying newly formed "gashes" on Greenland found that they are very similar to those found on Jupiter's moon Europa - which has long been of interest to alien hunters.
Greenland is a fertile breeding ground for the freaky jellyfish and scientists claim that Europa could be just as bountiful.
Professor Dustin Schroeder, from California's University of Stanford, said: "Because it is closer to the surface - where you get interesting chemicals from space, other moons and the volcanoes of Io - there is a possibility life has a shot if there are pockets of water in the shell.
"If the mechanism we see in Greenland is how these things happen on Europa, it suggests there is water everywhere."