The search for alien life has been, and always will be, tedious but thoroughly unavoidable. Our thirst is too strong for that tiny drop of knowledge that proves we are not alone.

And as much as we would like it to turn out like the movie Contact, with Jodie Foster experiencing the most profound meeting of cultures, our best bet for finding alien life will be much more subtle. Some may even consider it... boring. But it could happen in our lifetime.

Science in Seconds tells you how.

<sub>Host: Rheanna Sand

Photo Credits: NASA; Alvim Correa; NBC; Wikimedia users Mark and Allegra, NekoJaNekoJa.

References:

http://opfm.jpl.nasa.gov/europajupitersystemmissionejsm/
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=42291
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/jpl-europa20090218.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090218132427.htm
http://www.seti.org/</sub>