Friday, March 13, 2015

Water Possibly Found On Ganymede

The Jovian moon Ganymede, the largest in the solar system, might have an ocean beneath its crust of ice, according to data gathered by NASA scientists using the Hubble telescope.  With a depth of about 60 miles, it would have more water than is found on the earth's entire surface.  The upper surface of this ocean is about 95 miles below the outer surface of this moon.

Read more at CBS Chicago, Scientific American, The Verge and Russia Today.

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