NASA’s Europa Clipper—a mission to a potentially habitable ocean world

Jupiter’s satellite Europa almost certainly hides a global saltwater ocean beneath its icy surface. Chemistry at the ice surface and ocean-rock interface might provide the building blocks for life, and NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will assess Europa’s habitability.

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Autores principales: Samuel M. Howell, Robert T. Pappalardo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4c3391af8d0041a2b661ed13bea426d22021-12-02T15:37:15ZNASA’s Europa Clipper—a mission to a potentially habitable ocean world10.1038/s41467-020-15160-92041-1723https://doaj.org/article/4c3391af8d0041a2b661ed13bea426d22020-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15160-9https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Jupiter’s satellite Europa almost certainly hides a global saltwater ocean beneath its icy surface. Chemistry at the ice surface and ocean-rock interface might provide the building blocks for life, and NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will assess Europa’s habitability.Samuel M. HowellRobert T. PappalardoNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2020)
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NASA’s Europa Clipper—a mission to a potentially habitable ocean world
description Jupiter’s satellite Europa almost certainly hides a global saltwater ocean beneath its icy surface. Chemistry at the ice surface and ocean-rock interface might provide the building blocks for life, and NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will assess Europa’s habitability.
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title NASA’s Europa Clipper—a mission to a potentially habitable ocean world
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