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Jupiter's moon Europa has an ice shell about 18 miles thick — and that could be bad news for alien life
Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — which could make it hard for nutrients to get down to its buried ocean.
But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...
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What if you could survive on the moons of Jupiter?
Jupiter is the king of moons. With 95 of them orbiting the gas giant, some are so large they rival planets in size. But what ...
NASA waited four years to say this — We may have ‘touched’ alien life and we were just 18 miles away
The NASA Juno mission has given deeper insights into the possible alien life on Jupiter's moon, Europa, and how it could lie ...
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Life-friendly molecules are leaking out of Jupiter's giant moon Europa, Galileo images hint
A new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for extraterrestrial life.
The Science: Europa has been considered as a top contender for alien life for even longer than Enceladus, thanks to its massive under-ice liquid water oceans. It also displays water vapor plumes ...
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