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Europa was identified in Chapter 4 as a place where life might be present in an ocean beneath its icy crust. In this Chapter the evidence that it has such an ocean is presented, and then its potential as a habitat is explored.
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Jones, B.W. (2004). Life on Europa?. In: Life in the Solar System and Beyond. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-85233-897-8_6
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