--- description: NASA will make an announcement Thursday about new discoveries the agency says will help in the search for life beyond Earth title: NASA Reveals New Discoveries to Help in Search for Life in Space: Watch Online image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd7e43baf9586b12/6988c094f887dce98fe99a43/gettyimages-517862941.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NASA Reveals New Discoveries to Help in Search for Life in Space: Watch Online by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2017 3:06 PM CUT  NASA logo at the Kennedy Space Center. Florida NASA logo at the Kennedy Space Center. FloridaImages Etc Ltd—Getty Images by [Zamira Rahim](/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 13, 2017 3:06 PM CUT [NASA](http://time.com/4718776/nasa-unseen-apollo-outtakes/ "undefined") will make an [announcement](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-reveal-new-discoveries-in-news-conference-on-oceans-beyond-earth "undefined") Thursday about new discoveries the agency says will help in the search for life in space. The new data comes from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbits the planet[ Saturn](http://time.com/4450810/nasa-saturn-moon-titan/ "undefined") and its moons, and the [Hubble Space Telescope](http://time.com/4662484/nasa-hubble-telescope-rotten-egg-star/ "undefined"), which was launched into Earth’s orbit in 1990. “These new discoveries will help inform future ocean world exploration — including NASA’s upcoming Europa Clipper mission planned for launch in the 2020s — and the broader search for life beyond Earth,” according to NASA. The briefing will be held at the NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Watch the live stream above at 2 p.m. EDT. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4738166/nasa-ocean-worlds-space-watch-online/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4738166/nasa-ocean-worlds-space-watch-online/"},"headline":"NASA Reveals New Discoveries to Help in Search for Life in Space: Watch Online","datePublished":"2017-04-13T15:06:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:23:23.311Z","description":"The briefing will be held at the NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., Thursday at 2 p.m. EDT","url":"https://time.com/4738166/nasa-ocean-worlds-space-watch-online/","keywords":["Space","NASA","Science topic","space travel","live stream","Hubble Space Telescope","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd7e43baf9586b12/6988c094f887dce98fe99a43/gettyimages-517862941.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zamira Rahim","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd7e43baf9586b12/6988c094f887dce98fe99a43/gettyimages-517862941.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Local Landmarks","caption":"Local Landmarks","creditText":"Images Etc Ltd—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4738166/nasa-ocean-worlds-space-watch-online/","name":"NASA Reveals New Discoveries to Help in Search for Life in Space: Watch Online"}}]}] ```