Europa’s Hidden Ocean May Be Even Harder to Reach Than We Thought
Earlier this year, researchers warned against the dangers of “fluffy ice” on Europa’s surface. If unaccounted for, missions headed to Jupiter’s moon could drown themselves in its deep, icy oceans. In theory, this supposed access route could make it easier for a probe to explore how liquid water from Europa’s deep oceans traveled through cracks in the ice to the surface.
- ▪Earlier this year, researchers warned against the dangers of “fluffy ice” on Europa’s surface.
- ▪If unaccounted for, missions headed to Jupiter’s moon could drown themselves in its deep, icy oceans.
- ▪In theory, this supposed access route could make it easier for a probe to explore how liquid water from Europa’s deep oceans traveled through cracks in the ice to the surface.
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Earlier this year, researchers warned against the dangers of “fluffy ice” on Europa’s surface. If unaccounted for, missions headed to Jupiter’s moon could drown themselves in its deep, icy oceans. A new study suggests that this won’t happen—but for reasons that won’t make our Europa trips any easier.cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000790541","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"science","SECTION":"physics","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"physics","TAGS":"europa,planetary-science","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")}); A paper published yesterday in Nature Astronomy challenges the assumption that the shallow…
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