Científicos de la Universidad de Texas, en Austin, Estados Unidos, descubrieron agua en la corteza de Europa, una de las lunas de Júpiter.
El hallazgo fue publicado en la revista Nature y a juicio de los expertos, supondría un paso “significativo” para la búsqueda de vida fuera de la Tierra.

 

New research that suggests Jupiter's moon Europa has a body of water the size of the Great Lakes just two miles below its icy surface has brought scientists one step closer to determining whether or not the freezing satellite is suitable for the development of extraterrestrial life.

According to NASA, scientists have long thought that a huge ocean -- more voluminous than all of earth's oceans combined -- existed below Europa's surface. But since the moon is so far from the sun, the surface ice is thought to be tens of miles thick.

 

 

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