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Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Detected on Europa for First Time


A new analysis of archival data from the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) on board NASA’s Galileo spacecraft has revealed the first evidence of ammonia-bearing compounds on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, offering new clues about its subsurface ocean and recent geological activity.

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