1. Europa "The Next Frontier for Possible Life
... the moon's ice crust- (Weinstock). "Planetary scientists say the most likely explanation for the data is a liquid-water ocean similar to oceans found on Earth - a possibility that has extraterrestrial life-seekers reeling with excitement-(Weinstock). The interior of Europa is heated by tidal flexing from the gravitational pull of Jupiter and the other moons of Jupiter. This heating is thought by ... some scientists to be adequate to heat the interior of Europa enough to produce an ocean underneath the ice crust. The question of a global ocean has many in the scientific community wonderi...
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