Energy for microbial life on Europa

Details Energy for microbial life on Europa Energy for microbial life on Europa

Jan 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000natur.403..381c&link_type=abstract

Nature, Volume 403, Issue 6768, pp. 381-382 (2000).

Physics

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The planet Jupiter's moon Europa may harbour a subsurface water ocean, but estimates of the available free energy have not been encouraging for supporting life. Here I show that disequilibrium chemistry in the ocean's ice cover, driven by charged particles accelerated in Jupiter's magnetosphere, should produce enough organic and oxidant molecules to fuel a substantial Europan biosphere. Microbial life could exist in concentrations detectable by surface landers able to filter meltwater from Europa's ice.

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