New Measurements of Europa's Ice Shell Taint the Icy Moon's Potential Habitability
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New Measurements of Europa's Ice Shell Taint the Icy Moon's Potential Habitability

Jupiter's icy moon Europa is a tantalizing target in the search for habitability in our Solar System. Its thick, global ice sheet overlies a warm, salty, chemically-rich ocean. But for life to exist in that ocean, nutrients need to find their way from the surface to the ocean. New research says that may be very difficult.