Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of the few places in our solar system where life can develop. Scientists have already indicated that beneath the moon’s icy crust there would be a salty ocean of liquid water with a rocky bottom. But what we didn’t know yet was whether that water also contains the necessary building blocks needed for the development of life. But ESA reports that one has already been found thanks to the James Webb space telescope: carbon.
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James Webb space telescope finds carbon on Jupiter’s icy moon: “This could allow life to develop on Europa”
