NASA's Europa Clipper-a mission to a potentially habitable ocean world.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 32161262.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-020-15160-9 and PMC identifier 7066167.
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Abstract
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.