The
ocean within Jupiter's moon Europa may be
just right for life
Jupiter's icy
moon Europa may have the chemical composition needed to support life, according to new research.*
A
new study 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.
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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.*
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