Europa’s Fractured Ice Is Leaking Clues From a Hidden Ocean Below

Webb telescope data, backed by lab experiments, reveal Europa’s icy shell is a dynamic landscape, with ice that crystallizes and reshapes under cosmic bombardment. In chaos terrains like Tara Regio, the presence of strange chemicals—including table salt and carbon dioxide—suggests that materials from a deep subsurface ocean are leaking to the surface. This adds compelling [...]