A Jupiter moon has been found to not be as salty as originally thought with similarities to Earth as scientists examine whether life could exist, according to a new study.
The icy moon Europa, that orbits Jupiter, is surrounded by a thick layer of ice and it has been found that snow gravitates towards it in new research published in the Astrobiology journal.
It is similar to how snow moves up through the water below ice shelves on Earth and it suggests that the moon may not be as salty as scientists previously believed.