Moon includes twice as much ocean as Earth

Astronomers in 2016 found strong indications that there is a huge ocean of liquid water beneath the ice crust of the Europa moon, which is orbiting Jupiter.

The up to 200-km-high steam columns that burst through the ice of Europa make the geysers on Earth look like tiny squirts. The combination of water, salts, minerals, and energy from Jupiter’s gravitational pull makes Europa an obvious place to look for life in the Solar System. Type: Moon Radius: 1,565 km Water: 2-3 times Earth’s Life: Probably

OCEAN 150-KM-DEEP ICE BENEATH THE ICE CRUST SURFACE UNDERGROUND OCEAN OUTER CORE INNER CORE