Unmasking Europa The Search for Life on Jupiter’s Ocean Moon /

• Main Author: Greenberg, Richard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astrobiology.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

In Unmasking Europa, Richard Greenberg tells the story of how he and his team of researchers came to believe that the surface of Europa is in fact a crust so thin and active that it can barely hide an ocean of liquid water below. He shows how this ocean is warmed by the friction of tidal movements i...