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Keith Cooper

HISTORICAL FACTS: Jupiter ocean moon europa likely lacks tectonic activity reducing its chances for life | History Defined

A submarine below the thick icy crust of Jupiter's Moon Europa would experience about the same pressure as a vehicle in the hadal zone.

Europa might not be the best place to look for alien life in the solar system after all.

A new study modeling what the floor of the Jupiter moon's hidden ocean is like concluded that tectonic activity — and the complex chemical reactions that such activity facilitates — is probably negligible.

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