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Episode: Jupiter’s moon Europa may have less oxygen than expected, a finding that might put a damper on life
Description: New research based on data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft suggests there's less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa than thought. Even with little or no oxygen, microbes might still be bustling around in the ocean believed to exist miles (kilometers) beneath Europa’s frozen crust.
The study was published on Mar. 4 in Nature Astronomy. The new findings are based on data collected by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a particularly close flyby of Europa in 2022—a distance of just 219 miles (353 kilometers).
A U.S.-European team calculated that between 13 pounds and 39 pounds (6 kilograms and 18 kilograms) of oxyge...