A 'snowball fight' may help scientists find life on Jupiter's moon Europa

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Impact craters in Europa's icy crust have been used to measure the thickness of the world's shell, leading scientists closer to learning if this frozen moon could host life as we know it.

A 'snowball fight' may help scientists find life on Jupiter's moon Europa : Read more

 

[Torbjorn Larsson]

Bad news - the less convection, the less oxygen that would poison early cells. Earlier estimates of the free energy available in Europa's ocean is enough for a thin layer of cells in the water/ice interface. Let's hope it's there!