- The vast subterranean ocean of Europa, one of Jupiter’s many moons, contains carbon, one of the crucial ingredients for life, scientists have discovered. The observations indicate that carbon dioxide ice on the moon’s surface originated from the ocean that lies beneath a 10-mile thick crust of ice. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg4155 15 comments science
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