Taste of the Ocean on Europa Surface Artist Concept
Based on new evidence from Jupiter moon Europa, astronomers hypothesize that chloride salts bubble up from its global liquid ocean and reach the frozen surface where they are bombarded with sulfur from volcanoes on Jupiter innermost large moon, Io.
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PIA16826
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March 5, 2013
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JPL
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