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(Kiana) #1
Europa is covered with
cracks and streaks, but
there don’t appear to be
many impact craters

“It would be


difficult to go to Europa


and drill through the ice,


but you could land at one


of the cracks and


sample the slush”


David Rothery, The Open University

Europa is believed to have an ocean of liquid
water below its icy crust. Below the water is
rock; below the rock is the moon’s solid core

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