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  • Released Thursday, January 31, 2013
  • Updated Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 12:35PM
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Giant lakes trapped in Europa's crust bust up this distant moon's icy surface.

Giant lakes trapped in Europa's crust bust up this distant moon's icy surface.

Find out what Europa's chaos terrains could mean for the possibility of finding life deep within its chilly ocean.

An artist's interpretation of a subsurface lake formed inside Europa's crust due to a rising plume of warm ocean water.

An artist's interpretation of a subsurface lake formed inside Europa's crust due to a rising plume of warm ocean water.

The Conamara Chaos, indicated with an arrow, is a well-known chaotic region on Europa.

The Conamara Chaos, indicated with an arrow, is a well-known chaotic region on Europa.

A close-up view of the Conamara Chaos reveals jumbled blocks of ice that have refrozen to the surface.

A close-up view of the Conamara Chaos reveals jumbled blocks of ice that have refrozen to the surface.

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Please give credit for this item to:
Science@NASA and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Cover image courtesy of NASA/JPL/Ted Stryk
Video courtesy of Science@NASA
Illustration courtesy of Britney Schmidt/Dead Pixel VFX/Univ. of Texas at Austin
Conamara Chaos image courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona and NASA/ NSSDC Photo Gallery
Conamara Chaos close-up courtesy of NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

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