Europa's ocean may be more Earthlike than previously thought

A new study by researchers at Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, indicates that the subterranean world ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may be more Earthlike than scientists believed. Visible-light spectrographic analysis show that yellow stains on Europa's icy crust are common table salt, suggesting that the Europan ocean may be similar to its terrestrial counterparts.

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Category: Space

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• Europa
• Hubble
• Jupiter
• Keck observatory
• NASA

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