{"id":3923769,"date":"2026-02-02T08:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/cracks-on-europa-sport-traces-of-ammonia\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T08:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:04:04","slug":"cracks-on-europa-sport-traces-of-ammonia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/cracks-on-europa-sport-traces-of-ammonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cracks on Europa sport traces of ammonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The search for life-supporting worlds in the solar system includes the Jovian moon Europa. Yes, it&#8217;s an iceberg of a world, but underneath its frozen exterior lies a deep, salty ocean and a nickel-iron core. It&#8217;s heated by tidal flexing, and that puts pressure on the interior ocean, sending water and salts to the surface. As things turn out, there&#8217;s also evidence of ammonia-bearing compounds on the surface. All these things combine to provide a fascinating look at Europa&#8217;s geology and potential as a haven for life.<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-02-europa-sport-ammonia.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The search for life-supporting worlds in the solar system includes the Jovian moon Europa. Yes, it&#8217;s an iceberg of a world, but underneath its frozen exterior lies a deep, salty ocean and a nickel-iron core. It&#8217;s heated by tidal flexing, and that puts pressure on the interior ocean, sending water and salts to the surface. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3923769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3923769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923769\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3923769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3923769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3923769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}