WATCH: NASA announces new discoveries on 'ocean worlds' beyond Earth

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is scheduled to discuss new findings on "ocean worlds" within Earth's solar system during a press conference on Thursday from the agency's Cassini spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope.

"These new discoveries," NASA writes, "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."

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