Cox predicts that if life exists on Europa, it will likely be simple, single-celled organisms.

Cox has expressed eagerness to travel to space and would readily accept an invitation from Elon Musk.

Professor Brian Cox emphasizes the necessity for humanity to expand beyond Earth to address pressing resource limitations and environmental damage.

He advocates for utilizing resources from space, including asteroid mining, as a means to sustain civilization on our planet.

Cox believes that advances in commercial space travel could enable humanity to evolve into a multi-planetary and interstellar civilization.

He supports collaboration between government space agencies like NASA and private companies such as SpaceX to ensure affordable and reliable access to space.

In his upcoming BBC Two series, Cox will discuss ongoing space missions, including NASA's Europa Clipper, which aims to investigate the potential for life on Jupiter's moon, Europa.

He believes exploring the Milky Way is crucial, as he suspects we may be the only advanced civilization currently existing in the galaxy.

Cox expresses concern about the potential for human actions to threaten our existence, more so than natural disasters like asteroid impacts.

Reflecting on the legacy of Sir David Attenborough, he states that it's impossible to succeed someone who has pioneered a field like Attenborough has in natural history broadcasting.

In a notable achievement for the commercial space sector, billionaire Jared Isaacman recently became the first private astronaut to walk in space during SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission.