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A problem worth its weight in salt
Pictures of Jupiter’s moon Europa taken by the Galileo space probe between 1995 and 2003 support the possibility that Europa’s surface has plate tectonics. In fact, scientists think it could be one of only two bodies in the Solar System … Continue reading
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Tagged Brown University, Cassini, cryomagma, density, ESA JUICE, Europa, eutectic, Galileo mission, ice salt, NASA Clipper, plate tectonics, porosity, salinity, subsurface ocean, tectonic activity
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