Jupiter's cold moon Europa has likewise long been known to have a sub-surface sea that contains more fluid water than is available on the whole planet Earth in the solar system.
For upcoming 2020s Europa mission, NASA is developing seven SMD supported instruments to explore deeply. Scientists are assuming there might be the sign of life in the ocean of Europa which lies beneath the icy surface.
NASA has now begun its mission to learn if Europa, Jupiter’s icy moon could potentially harbor an ocean filled with alien life. So far, the mission is just in its early stages, but the agency has selected nine science instruments for the trip, which is a follow to the Galileo mission that found strong evidence that Europa could be concealing an ocean beneath its frozen crust.
What would you pack for the 390 million mile trip to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa? Last year, NASA posed that question to a bevy of scientists and after whittling down the final 33 proposals, they have decided on nine items that will rocket aboard the Europa Clipper, which is set to blast off sometime after 2020.
Scientists at NASA have found evidence using laboratory experiments that the dark material that dusts the surface of Europa, Jupiter's ice covered moon, may actually be sea salt from a subsurface ocean.