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1 posted on 02/20/2009 6:23:34 PM PST by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Europa is one of the most interesting objects in our solar system.


2 posted on 02/20/2009 6:29:55 PM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: NormsRevenge

I remember something about being told not to attempt any landings on Europa? ;)


3 posted on 02/20/2009 6:30:37 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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From NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day archives, this Voyager spacecraft image of Europa's surface is suggestive of sea ice on Earth. The criss-crossing dark streaks may indeed be cracks in its ice-covered surface caused by Jupiter's tidal stresses accompanied by the freezing and expansion of an underlying layer of water.

The Galileo Probe's flyby of Europa, Jupiter's ice-covered moon showed a fractured and frozen terrrain. Only a few impact craters are apparent though, implying a geologically young surface. So far, Galileo's findings lend support to the exciting possibility that liquid water once existed and may still exist beneath Europa's surface.

7 posted on 02/21/2009 9:11:48 PM PST by concentric circles
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