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  2. Europa (moon) - Wikipedia

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    Europa is the smoothest known object in the Solar System, lacking large-scale features such as mountains and craters. [51] The prominent markings crisscrossing Europa appear to be mainly albedo features that emphasize low topography. There are few craters on Europa, because its surface is tectonically too active and therefore young.

  3. Galilean moons - Wikipedia

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    Life may exist in Europa's under-ice ocean. So far, there is no evidence that life exists on Europa, but the likely presence of liquid water has spurred calls to send a probe there. [36] Recurring plume erupting from Europa. [37] The prominent markings that criss-cross the moon seem to be mainly albedo features, which emphasize low topography.

  4. Planetary habitability in the Solar System - Wikipedia

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    Planetary habitability in the Solar System is the study that searches the possible existence of past or present extraterrestrial life in those celestial bodies. As exoplanets are too far away and can only be studied by indirect means, the celestial bodies in the Solar System allow for a much more detailed study: direct telescope observation, space probes, rovers and even human spaceflight.

  5. Webb spots a building block of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa

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    The James Webb Space Telescope has detected carbon, a building block of life, on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. ... on the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.

  6. NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter's moon Europa can ...

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    "There is very strong evidence that the ingredients for life exist on Europa. But we have to go there to find out," said planetary scientist Bonnie Buratti of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the ...

  7. NASA launches spacecraft to gauge if Jupiter's moon Europa ...

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    Earth's oceans are thought to have been the birthplace for life on our planet. Europa, whose diameter of roughly 1,940 miles (3,100 km) is approximately 90% that of our moon, has been viewed as a ...

  8. Habitability of natural satellites - Wikipedia

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    The habitability of natural satellites is the potential of moons to provide habitats for life, though it is not an indicator that they harbor it.Natural satellites are expected to outnumber planets by a large margin and the study of their habitability is therefore important to astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial life.

  9. NASA launches probe to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa - AOL

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    The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment. NASA launches probe to study Jupiter's ...