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05-18-2016, 10:56 PM
The ocean within Jupiter's moon Europa may be just right for life
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Jupiter's icy moon Europa may have the chemical composition needed to support life, according to new research.*
A new study (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL068547/abstract) published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters suggests that even if Europa doesn't have hydrothermal volcanic activity beneath its icy crust, the moon's salty subsurface ocean may still be habitable, a possibility thought unlikely before **w.
SEE ALSO: Dark streaks on Jupiter's icy moon Europa might actually be sea salt (http://mashable.com/2015/05/12/europa-jupiter-moon-salt-ocean/)
NASA scientists compared Europa's ability to produce hydrogen and oxygen — two key elements for life as we k**w it — to Earth's and discovered that the moon might have more in common with our planet than expected.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/jupiter-europa-potentially-habitable/)
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Jupiter's icy moon Europa may have the chemical composition needed to support life, according to new research.*
A new study (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016GL068547/abstract) published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters suggests that even if Europa doesn't have hydrothermal volcanic activity beneath its icy crust, the moon's salty subsurface ocean may still be habitable, a possibility thought unlikely before **w.
SEE ALSO: Dark streaks on Jupiter's icy moon Europa might actually be sea salt (http://mashable.com/2015/05/12/europa-jupiter-moon-salt-ocean/)
NASA scientists compared Europa's ability to produce hydrogen and oxygen — two key elements for life as we k**w it — to Earth's and discovered that the moon might have more in common with our planet than expected.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/18/jupiter-europa-potentially-habitable/)
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