Jupiter's moon Europa hides more water than every ocean on Earth combined. | 123 Cosmic Facts

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[00:00:00]Jupiter's moon.

[00:00:02]Europa hides more water than every ocean on Earth combined. That water sits beneath 10 to 30 km of solid ice, kept liquid by Jupiter's gravitational pull flexing the moon like a stress ball.

[00:00:16]NASA's Europa Clipper launched October 2024 to fly by Europa 49 times searching for signs of life in that hidden ocean.

[00:00:26]Scientists believe Europa's subsurface conditions, liquid water, chemical energy from rock, and organic compounds match what life needs to exist.

[00:00:38]Would you fund a mission to drill through Europa's ice? Yes or no?