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Jupiter’s Moon Europa Is a Top Candidate for Hosting Alien Life. But It May Lack the Geologic Activity Needed to Birth Microbes
On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...
Europa has a deep ocean, but a new study suggests its seafloor may be too quiet to supply the energy life needs to survive.
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Jupiter's moon Europa less likely to hold life than previously thought, scientists discover
After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too strong to ...
A new study is skeptical that life could still be present on Jupiter's moon Europa, where a NASA spacecraft launched in ...
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Europa’s crust may be too still for life to thrive
For decades, Jupiter’s moon Europa has been cast as one of the solar system’s best bets for alien life, a world with a global ...
Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...
A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to ...
New research suggests Jupiter’s moon Europa may lack seafloor activity needed for life, despite its vast subsurface ocean and ...
Does Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, contain the conditions for life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in ...
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