Jupiter's Europa contains less oxygen than expected

What arrived?

that of Jupiter moon Europe, believed has to have A dirty ocean below It is ice shell, has less oxygen on It is surface that previously believed. This makes he less likely THE planet ports life, scientists said Monday In Nature Astronomy.

WHO said What ?

Europe oxygen East "on THE lower END of What We would be to wait for," lead study author Jamey Szalay said has THE New York Times. But "It is not totally prohibitive" For accommodation life.

A theory East Europe oxygen — shape When particles Since space divide frozen water molecules on THE ice crust In hydrogen And oxygen — the wells down In THE underground ocean, blend with volcanic material has create A "chemical soup that can END up manufacturing life," University of Colorado planetary scientist Fran Bagenal said THE Times. "We don't do it Really know how a lot oxygen You need has TO DO life," She added. "SO THE do that It is lower that a few earlier, wishful thinking estimates East not such A problem."

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What following?

NASA East program has launch It is Europe Mower orbiter In October has gather more data Since that of Jupiter moon, And THE European Space Agency Jupiter Ice Moons Explorer East expected has arrive In Europe neighborhood In 2031.