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Planetary scientists are sure there's an ocean of liquid water under the ice shell at Europa. But how thick is this shell? In a new study, researchers propose that the surface of the Jovian moon could give us clues to the thickness of the ice. They studied large Europa craters and suggested that the ice shell is at least 20 km thick. It is thick enough to provide convection in the ice layer itself, which wouldn't be possible with a thinner ice layer.
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-planetary-scientists-physics-images-impact.html 
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