NASA Spacecraft To Assess If Jovian Moon Is A Sweet Spot For Life
The stunningly diverse geology on the surface of Europa is revealed in this newly processed image from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft. The moon is a lead candidate in the search for life beyond Earth.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute
Located more than five times father away from the Sun than Earth, Europa seems an unlikely place to look for life. Surface temperatures on the ice-shrouded moon of Jupiter average -260F, and radiation levels are high enough to kill a human being in one day. But ever since NASA’s Voyager flybys in...
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