Europa’s Carbon Dioxide Originates from Source within Its Subsurface Ocean, Planetary Scientists Say
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa has an ocean beneath a crust of water ice. Solid carbon dioxide has previously been observed on the surface, but the source was unknown. Two teams analyzed infrared spectroscopic data of Europa from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to investigate the source of carbon dioxide.
https://www.sci.news/space/europa-carbon-dioxide-12288.html #europa #CarbonDioxide #subsurface JWST #habitability
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