Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Discovered at Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa - NASA Science

Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Discovered at Surface of Jupiter’s Moon Europa - NASA Science

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NASA’s Galileo Mission Points to Ammonia at Europa, Recent Study Shows - Astrobiology

New analysis of decades-old data has turned up a significant result: the first discovery of ammonia-bearing compounds on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Ammonia is a nitrogen-bearing molecule, and nitrogen — like carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen — is key to life as we know it. As the first such detection at Europa, the finding […] The post NASA’s Galileo Mission Points to Ammonia at Europa, Recent Study Shows appeared first on Astrobiology.