Europa's Interior Ocean Could be Harder to Reach Than We Thought

<p><img alt="Colorized image of Europa captured by the Voyager 2 probe in 1979. Credit: NASA/Kevin Gill" height="720" src="https://www.universetoday.com/article_images/europa_20260811_222345.jpg" width="1280" /></p><p>Lujendra Ojha, a planetary scientist, led a study suggesting that Europa’s icy shell may be a stronger barrier between the moon’s hidden ocean and its surface than previously thought.</p>