Scientists have found tantalizing evidence of a liquid water ocean swirling under the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa, Nasa announced on Monday, with new evidence of water plumes bursting out into space. “It means we may be able to explore that ocean, that ocean of Europa, and for organic chemicals,” he added. Should the moon have water, energy and organic chemicals, it could have the basic building blocks that developed into life on Earth. Why Nasa’s Europa mission has people excited Read moreScientists have collected clues for decades of an ocean beneath Europa’s icy shell. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Nasa image of Europa shows suspected plumes of water vapor erupting at the bottom left.

Source: The Guardian September 26, 2016 20:15 UTC