Europa
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- proper noun
- /juˈroʊpə/
- Astronomers have discovered that Europa has a smooth, icy surface, suggesting the presence of liquid water below.
- Europa, a moon
- oceans of Europa
- Europa's mantling ice
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Watch on YouTubeAnd if you find life on Mars or find life on Europa, that means it's way easier.
- And if you find life on Mars or find life on Europa, that means it's way easier.
- And then also, I guess there's a couple moons that I yeah, Europa, which is Jupiter's moon.
- And no one's thinking of sending humans to Enceladus or Europa, the outer planets.
- She means Enceladus and Europa seems to be due to tidal heating.
- I think there's, I think we're going to find bacteria life in the next five years on another planet, probably Europa there.
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I'm in the camp that thinks Europa is teeming with life in its deep oceans.
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Active volcanoes on Io and a subsurface ocean on Europa are just two of the standout features on these worlds.
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And if you find life on Mars or find life on Europa, that means it's way easier.
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Something extraordinary has happened on Europa.
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Welcome to Europa, Jupiter's ocean world.
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The same thing holds for Europa, another moon which might have subsurface life.
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But that would obviously mean that Europa had salty oceans just like the Earth does.
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Dr. Orlov has encountered some strange data coming from Europa.
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The moon Europa seemed to have a thin crust of ice above an ocean thirty miles deep.
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One day, Depthx may be dispatched to Europa, a moon of Jupiter, for similar exploration.
Academic text (2007)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Europa comes from a woman in Greek myth who was carried across the sea by Zeus in the form of a bull, and the same name also gave us Europe. That sea story gives an easy picture to remember the moon Europa, because it has a smooth icy shell and may hide a 'hidden ocean' under its ice.