It snows up on Europa and Enceladus - at least in the oceans under these moons' icy shells
Beneath the frozen shell of Europa, flakes of ice may float upwards like strange underwater snow.
The sparkling landscape formed by this process on the underside of the shell could be a favourable environment for alien life.are the closest analogue to the ice shells of Jupiter’s moon Europa and Saturn’s moon Enceladus, which are both thought to host global oceans beneath their frozen surfaces. There are two types of ice in the …
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