Could life exist on other worlds? What if the answer could be found on an ice covered moon of Jupiter? If you could go anywhere in the solar system, where would you go? We discuss all of this and more and have a visit with a very popular moon on this episode of REACH. 

Hosts: Brian Holden and Meredith Stepien 

Written by: Sandy Marshall with Nate DuFort, Meredith Stepien and Brian Holden. 

Co-Created, Produced by: Nate DuFort and Sandy Marshall 

Edited by: Nate DuFort

Music composed by: Jesse Case

Casting Consultant: Beth Kligerman 

Logo by: Steven Lyons

Special thanks to:

Dr. Cynthia B. Phillips, Europa Project Staff Scientist and Science Communications Lead at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Io was played by good friend Jaime Moyer who you may know from voicing two characters on Bob's Burgers, NBC’s A.P. Bio, Modern Family and K.C. Undercover. Follow her on Twitter @Jaime_Moyer 

Our friends at NASA Space Place, and Kay Ferrari at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory

To learn more about the NASA’s Europa Clipper Mission, visit https://europa.nasa.gov/

All about Europa: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/europa/en/

All about Io: https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/jupiter-moons/io/overview/

NASA’s “Scientist for a Day” Essay Contest: https://rps.nasa.gov/scientist-for-a-day/

At-home activity: Looking for Life: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/teach/activity/looking-for-life/

Check-out NASA’s Ocean Currents Game: https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/ocean-currents/en/

And as always, a big hooray to our REACH learning community. Thank you to Hank and Ari. You can hear Hank and his mother Phoebe on their podcast The Adventures of Power Dog in Dogland!  and you can hear Ari on his podcast At Your Level both available wherever you get your podcasts. 

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