Space Daily July 26, 2026 • 07:30

Jupiter's moon Europa hides a saltwater ocean that may contain more than twice the water of all Earth's oceans combined, yet a new measurement puts 29 kilometres of solid ice above it, a barrier taller than three Mount Everests stacked end to end - Space Daily

Jupiter's moon Europa hides a saltwater ocean that may contain more than twice the water of all Earth's oceans combined, yet a new measurement puts 29 kilometres of solid ice above it, a barrier taller than three Mount Everests stacked end to end - Space Daily

The frozen crust of Europa may be thicker than scientists hoped, potentially making any mission to reach the hidden ocean beneath even more challenging than previously thought.

Europa is smaller than Earth’s Moon, yet the ocean hidden inside it may hold more than twice as much water as every ocean on Earth combined.
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