
Mmm, Salt—Europa’s Hidden Ocean May Contain the Table Variety
Author(s) -
Katherine Kornei
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo127617
Subject(s) - variety (cybernetics) , table (database) , astrobiology , salt (chemistry) , oceanography , geography , environmental science , computer science , geology , chemistry , artificial intelligence , database , biology
Hubble Space Telescope observations suggest that sodium chloride exists in young, geologically active regions on Europa, likely fed by upwelling from the moon’s subsurface ocean.