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Europa and Other Jovian Moons May Have Formed With Their Own Supply of Life's Building Blocks


Complex Organic Molecules (COMs) are important building blocks for life. They can form in space and be delivered to planets. But new research shows some of them can form in circumplanetary disks where moons form, boosting the prospects for life in Europa's ocean.

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