NASA Juno Measures Europa’s Ice Shell – New Clues About Hidden Ocean & Habitability

Описание: NASA Juno Measures Europa’s Ice Shell – New Clues About Hidden Ocean & Habitability

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NASA’s Juno spacecraft has made a new breakthrough in our understanding of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa by measuring the thickness of its frozen shell for the first time. Using its Microwave Radiometer (MWR) during a close flyby, Juno found that the ice shell is roughly 18 miles (29 kilometers) thick in the region observed — much thicker than some earlier estimates suggested.

This discovery not only narrows down long-standing scientific debates about how thick Europa’s crust really is, but it also provides important insight into how oxygen and nutrients might travel between the surface and the hidden ocean beneath — a key factor in assessing the moon’s potential habitability.

In this video, we explain how Juno made this measurement, what the thickness tells us about Europa’s icy surface and subsurface ocean, and why this finding matters for future missions like Europa Clipper and ESA’s Juice.

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⏱️ Video Chapters

00:00 – Introduction
00:30 – What Is Europa?
01:15 – How Juno Measured the Ice Thickness
02:30 – What 18 Miles Means for Habitability
03:15 – Future Missions & What’s Next
04:00 – Final Thoughts

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