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.
Main Authors: | Samuel M. Howell, Robert T. Pappalardo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-03-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15160-9 |
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