Costs five billion

Nasa searches for extraterrestrial life with help from Vienna

The probe is to investigate Jupiter's moon "Europa" for extraterrestrial life.(Bild: NASA/JPL Caltech)

Five billion dollars are currently flying towards Jupiter - in the form of a probe. It was built with active support from Vienna.

According to NASA, there could also be extraterrestrial life in our own solar system. One particularly Earth-like celestial body, for example, is Jupiter's moon "Europa". The "Europa Clipper" probe should now provide clarity. The fact that it could discover extraterrestrial life at all is partly thanks to the Viennese company Beyond Gravity.