Data from the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that CO2 ice on Jupiter’s moon Europa is coming from its underground ocean—where extraterrestrial life could exist in theory.
... [+]NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY 3.0icy moon Europa is perhaps the most exciting target for planetary scientists and astrobiologists. That’s chiefly because it has a thick crust of solid water ice, but underneath that is an extraterrestrial salt water ocean.exist right there. But the chemistry of Europa’s ocean—and where its surface ice comes from—has, until now, been unclear.
Determining the source of Europa’s carbon dioxide is important because it tells scientists about the chemistry of its internal ocean—and whether it could support life.
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