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For me at least, this is a big deal, but maybe that's because I'm sweating like a cow over here, and the idea of going for a splash in a dark, subterranean lake of glacial water seems pretty darned refreshing.

I remember the extraordinary measures being taken to avoid 'infecting' the pool water with contaminated drill bits and similar, and it seems this is revolutionary science at its best. We might not be any closer to solving our own species' problems, but this at least gives us into the ever-more extraordinary ways life can occur and opening our minds to what 'inhabitable places' really look like.

That's a whole lot of bacteria. Hope they enjoyed their moment of solitude, because it's over. I wouldn't be surprised if we find they have some extremely peculiar adaptations for life in that environment.

Kudos to the science team, anyway. This is good stuff.