As you watch the full Moon rise tonight, remember that Jupiter's moon Europa is about the same size. One teeny difference: Europa has an ocean of liquid water beneath its surface – with more water than all of Earth's oceans combined! europa.nasa.gov
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It would be very difficult - there is a lot of radiation and no atmosphere like we have on Earth.
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Good question. Several robotic spacecraft have observed Europa over the years, and have found several lines of evidence for the ocean:
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What’s really crazy is that our moon is so massive. You’d think it was a moon of a gas planet but nope it orbits our tiny little wet rock
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Very interesting, Europa has an ocean of water under it's surface.
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