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Juno measures oxygen production on Europa - NASASpaceFlight.com (www.nasaspaceflight.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

German here, can confirm we have Oxygen here in Europa.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's interested that they say "oxygen could travel below the ice and support life."

I would expect life on Europa to be anaerobic, given the obvious lack of photosynthesis.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Man, we were warned not to go to Europa!