{"id":1202833,"date":"2023-11-14T11:54:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1202833"},"modified":"2023-11-14T11:54:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T16:54:23","slug":"jupiters-moon-ganymede-is-telling-us-more-about-its-alien-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1202833","title":{"rendered":"Jupiter\u2019s moon Ganymede is telling us more about its alien ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With Europa<\/a> and Enceladus<\/a> getting most of the attention for their subsurface oceans and potential to host life, other frozen worlds have been left in the shadows\u2014but the mysterious Jovian moon Ganymede<\/a> is now making headlines.<\/p>\n

While Ganymede hasn\u2019t yet been observed spewing plumes of water vapor like Saturn\u2019s moon Enceladus, Jupiter\u2019s largest moon is most likely hiding an enormous saltwater ocean. Hubble observations<\/a> suggest that the ocean\u2014thought to sit under 150 km (95 miles) of ice\u2014could be up to 100 km (60 miles) deep. That\u2019s ten times deeper than the ocean on Earth.<\/p>\n

Ganymede is having a moment because NASA\u2019s Juno mission observed salts and organic compounds on its surface, possibly from an ocean that lies beneath its crust of ice. While Juno\u2019s observations can’t provide decisive evidence that this moon has an ocean that makes Earth look like a kiddie pool, the Juno findings are the strongest evidence yet of salts and other chemicals making it to the exterior of Ganymede.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nSource: Ars Technica – Jupiter\u2019s moon Ganymede is telling us more about its alien ocean<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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