March 5, 2013 2:38 PM
by Adam Mann
Europa's Oceans Might Taste Like Earth's Oceans
The subsurface water on Jupiter?s moon Europa probably tastes like the water in Earth?s oceans. This is according to scientists who mapped the frozen moon in greater detail than ever before and discovered a new mineral on its surface. Their research suggests that if you could somehow get to the distant, tiny world, survive the deadly radiation at its surface, drill through its 100-km-thick icy shell, and drink the water without dying, the taste would be somewhat familiar.
Dr. Art Trembanis
Associate Professor
CSHEL
109 Penny Hall
The College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
University of Delaware
Newark DE 19716
302-831-2498
"We shall not cease from exploration. And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time."
-T. S. Eliot, Little Gidding
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