USA NASA detects Jupiter's moon Europa wrapped in ice 1,000 tons of oxygen are produced every 24 hours, which is enough for a million people to breathe for one day.
On March 4, 2024, a team of scientists on NASA's Juno mission arrived and the researchers, publishing in the journal Nature Astronomy, found that the ice-covered moon Europa produces 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours, which is enough for millions of people to breathe.
The researchers stated that this discovery comes from data collected using the spacecraft's Jupiter Aurora Dispersion Experiment (JADE) instrument. The amount of hydrogen released from Europa's surface has been measured, and it is thought that some of the oxygen present on Europa may be gradually produced, flowing into the subsurface ocean and becoming a source of internal metabolic energy. It is believed that there is a saltwater ocean beneath the thick ice crust that may provide the conditions that support life.
Europa, with an equatorial diameter of 3,100 km, is the fourth largest of the 95 known moons and the smallest of the four Galilean moons. A spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The US state of Florida on August 5, 2011 and traveled for 5 years, i.e. a distance of 1,740 million miles, arriving at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. This mission aims to explore the origin and evolution of Jupiter, the solar system, and the giant planets throughout the universe.
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