--- title: NASA's Discoveries to Help in Search for Life: Watch Online description: NASA will make an announcement Thursday about new discoveries the agency says will help in the search for life beyond Earth canonical: https://time.com/4738166/nasa-ocean-worlds-space-watch-online/ author: Zamira Rahim article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-04-13T15:06:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:23:23.311Z article:section: Science og:title: NASA Reveals New Discoveries to Help in Search for Life in Space: Watch Online og:description: The data will help in the "broader search for life beyond Earth," NASA said og:url: https://time.com/4738166/nasa-ocean-worlds-space-watch-online/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd7e43baf9586b12/6988c094f887dce98fe99a43/gettyimages-517862941.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2310 og:image:height: 1299 og:image:alt: Local Landmarks og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: NASA Reveals New Discoveries to Help in Search for Life in Space: Watch Online twitter:description: The data will help in the "broader search for life beyond Earth," NASA said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbd7e43baf9586b12/6988c094f887dce98fe99a43/gettyimages-517862941.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # NASA Reveals New Discoveries to Help in Search for Life in Space: Watch Online > Sponsored content. 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Florida Images Etc Ltd—Getty Images by [Zamira Rahim](https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/) ## Zamira Rahim Apr 13, 2017 3:06 PM UTC [NASA](http://time.com/4718776/nasa-unseen-apollo-outtakes/) will make an [announcement](https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-reveal-new-discoveries-in-news-conference-on-oceans-beyond-earth) 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/) and its moons, and the [Hubble Space Telescope](http://time.com/4662484/nasa-hubble-telescope-rotten-egg-star/), 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. 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