The Jovian system: The last outpost for life? Jupiter's moon Europa may carry enough water to harbour life but, argues Julian Hiscox, this does not mean that life began there as it did on earth, nor that any life will exist

Astronomy and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 222-226

  Hiscox, Julian A ^a,b  

^a IAH Compton   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS;

JOVIAN SYSTEMS; JUPITERS;

MOON;

EID: 0039938749     PISSN: 13668781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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