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MXPlank AstroPhysics News Snippet Of The Day - 2022-01-15








Looping through the Jovian system in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and uncovered evidence that the moons icy surface likely hides a deep, global ocean. Galileos Europa image data has been remastered here, with improved calibrations to produce a color image approximating what the human eye might see. Europas long curving fractures hint at the subsurface liquid water. The tidal flexing the large moon experiences in its elliptical orbit around Jupiter supplies the energy to keep the ocean liquid. But more tantalizing is the possibility that even in the absence of sunlight that process could also supply the energy to support life, making Europa one of the best places to look for life beyond Earth. What kind of life could thrive in a deep, dark, subsurface ocean? Consider planet Earths own extreme shrimp.