CNN —A building block of life may exist inside the global ocean on Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons.
Scientists have long questioned whether Europa’s ocean contained carbon and other chemicals necessary for life.
Astronomers used the Webb telescope to observe Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
Carbon dioxide appears to be concentrated in a region of “chaos terrain” on Europa called Tara Regio.
Future observations of Europa with the Webb Telescope could help astronomers determine whether there are other concentrated regions of carbon dioxide on the surface, Trumbo said.
Persons:
James Webb, ”, Geronimo Villanueva, Tara Regio, Samantha Trumbo, ” Trumbo, ” Villanueva, Webb, Heidi Hammel, Trumbo, “
Organizations:
CNN, Goddard Space Flight, NASA, ESA, CSA, Webb, Cornell University, Hubble, Webb's, Association of Universities for Research, Astronomy, NASA’s, Clipper, Europa Clipper
Locations:
Europa, Greenbelt , Maryland