There is more water in Jupiter's moon than on Earth

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Recently, the USGS website published an image illustrating the amount of water on planet Earth, concentrating all the availability of this substance in one drop.

Now, based on information collected by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, Kevin Hand, Jack Cook and Howard Perlman, WHOI and USGS, respectively, they have created an illustration that shows how much water exists in Jupiter's small moon Europa and compares this information with the amount that we have available on our planet.

Astronomers estimate that the small moon, which has an icy surface, has 2 to 3 times more water than we have here on Earth, and they believe there is a high chance that it will harbor some kind of water. way of life.

Source: NASA and io9