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PhD Candidate at @SESEASU • BA @Bowdoincollege • @NASA FINESST • Planetary Science • Icy Moons • Occasional bird videos 🦜 • Opinions my own
Jun 16, 2023 8 tweets 5 min read
When did Jupiter's moon, #Europa, form its metallic core? Maybe recently... or not at all😮

📢New in @ScienceAdvances, a story about Europa's interior structure and slow (but eventful) evolution

Link:shorturl.at/fBH02

Summary thread w/ visuals ↓ #ScienceAdvancesResearch A cartoon of Europa's possi... A small moon like Europa may have formed as a cold mixture of hydrated rock and metal. While it is possible to accrete ice, there may already be enough hydrogen and oxygen in the rock to form the ocean! A cartoon of the birth of E...