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 |  Subject: NASA Confirms Ocean On Jupiter Moon, Raising Prospects Of Life  Thu Mar 19, 2015 6:43 am | |
| In Search Of The Alien Nommo? NASA Confirms Ocean On Jupiter Moon, Raising Prospects Of Life
March 19, 2015 by SkyWatch Editor Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, NASA said on Thursday. The finding resolves a mystery about the largest moon in the solar system after NASA’s now-defunct Galileo spacecraft provided hints that Ganymede has a subsurface ocean during exploration of Jupiter and its moons from 1995 to 2003. Scientists told reporters on a conference call that it took some detective work to confirm the discovery. Like Earth, Ganymede has a liquid iron core that generates a magnetic field, though Ganymede’s field is embedded within Jupiter’s magnetic field. That sets up an interesting dynamic with telltale visuals – twin bands of glowing aurora around Ganymede’s northern and southern polar regions. (READ MORE) |
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