Europa jupiter moon

Scientists used archival data to search for signs of an ocean beneath Europa, a moon of Jupiter.

Version A of the Europa installment of our solar system poster series.

Europa, the fourth-largest moon of the gas giant Jupiter and the sun, is a subject in both science fiction and scientific speculation for future human colonization. Europa's geophysical features, including a possible subglacial water ocean, make it a strong possibility that human life could be sustained on or beneath the surface. The Artemis Project designed a plan to colonize Europa in 1997. According to the plan, scientists are to inhabit igloos and drill down into the Europan ice crust…

New research suggests active seafloor volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Europa. Are they linked to life? The planned Europa Clipper mission might provide answers.

Scientists may have spotted the first evidence for active plate tectonics on another world. Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in an ice crust bearing scars that may reveal movement similar to that of Earth's rocky plates.

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Scientists may have spotted the first evidence for active plate tectonics on another world. Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in an ice crust bearing scars that may reveal movement similar to that of Earth's rocky plates.

Phosphorus, a key chemical element for many biological processes, has been found in icy grains emitted by the small moon and is likely abundant in its subsurface ocean.