Cracking Europa's icy shell | Science News

Jupiter's moon Europa hides a liquid ocean, and conceivably life, under kilometers of ice. The challenge for engineers is how to penetrate that frozen barrier with technology that can be launched into space and operated remotely. Read more at sciencenews.org.

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Reported by: Meghan Rosen
Narrated and produced by: Ashley Yeager