Europa, one of Jupiter’s Galilean moons, hosts a liquid ocean beneath a frozen shell. Because of its proximity to Jupiter, the moon is constantly hit with radiation that erodes its icy surface, releasing hydrogen and oxygen to form an atmosphere, and provides a possible way for oxygen to seep back into the ocean, making itContinue reading “NASA’s Juno spacecraft probes Europa’s oxygen levels “

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