Saturday, March 15, 2014

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News

ScienceDaily: Astronomy News


An experiment recreates the crust of Saturn's moon Europa

Posted: 14 Mar 2014 06:36 AM PDT

Water, salts and gases dissolved in the huge ocean that scientists believe could exist below Europa´s icy crust can rise to the surface generating the enigmatic geological formations associated to red-tinged materials that can be seen on this Jupiter's satellite. This is confirmed by the experiment carried out in the laboratory with water, carbon dioxide and magnesium sulfate.

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