Could Jupiter's moon Europa sustain life in 'disguised ocean'? NASA research suggests so

Europa is a frozen moon that orbits around Jupiter and is believed to be one of most habitable worlds in solar system. Recently, NASA studies have researched what Europa’s ocean is me of and what is inside icy moon of Jupiter. Moreover, NASA has also been researching if it would be able to sustain life.

It has been found that water from ocean sometimes erupts into . A recent study by NASA found that Europa has occasionally been releasing water into . So what is disguised ocean of Europa me of?

What is Europa’s ocean me of?

Europa is slightly smaller than Earth’s moon. It is primarily me of silicate rock and has a water-ice crust and an iron-nickel core. Reportedly, for years, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California has been working with data that Galileo mission h provided. Wher or t life would sustain in Europa’s vast ocean is dependent on composition of its ocean.

As scientists have t sampled it yet, y do t kw much about it. However, y have been able to look at moon’s icy surface. Europa’s icy surface is covered in ridges, fractures, and cracks.

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Data from Galileo suggests that it that majorly has three chemical terrains: Water Ice, Sulphuric acid hydrate, and or n-ice material like salt from its ocean. last chemical terrain (salt from moon’s ocean) is considered as ‘chaos’ region.

In this region, re could possibly be gaps where ocean water comes through or ice could have melted. studies have found that it looks smooth in infrared ims from Galileo. When conditions on Europa’s surface were simulated in a laboratory, it gave similar results and infrared ims were similar to both.

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presence of Sodium Chloride on Europa has significant implications for understanding of internal chemistry and its geochemical evolution through time. studies have suggested that circulation of hot water and may le to a sodium chloride-rich ocean. Mohit Melwani Daswani, le researcher wrote in his research paper:

“It was thought that this ocean could still be rar sulfuric, but our simulations, coupled with data from Hubble Telescope, showing chloride on Europa’s surface, suggests that water most likely became chloride-rich.

In or words, its composition became more like oceans on Earth. We believe that this ocean could be quite habitable for life”.

Facts about Europa

• It is fourth-largest moon of Jupiter out of 79 moons.
• It is one of largest moons in our solar system.
• Europa has been photographed by NASA’s Voyr and Galileo craft.
• discovery of Europa was me by Galileo when he discovered Ganymede, Io and Callisto on January 8th, 1610.

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