'Chaos' on Jupiter’s Moon Europa Perhaps Spawned by Comet Crashes
Comets or asteroids slamming into Jupiter's moon Europa might explain the chaotic jumble of icy blocks seen across the satellite's surface, researchers say. This theory suggests that cosmic impacts might have helped deliver the ingredients for life into the hidden oceans that scientists think lurk beneath the surfaces of Europa and several other frozen moons in the solar system, investigators added. "It is not evidence for the existence of life, but it increases the suitability of Europa's ocean
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