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ArticleNature communications2025

Identifying signatures of past and present cryovolcanism on Europa.

Elodie Lesage, Samuel M Howell, Marc Neveu, Julia W Miller, Mariam Naseem, Mohit Melwani Daswani, Justine Villette, Steven D Vance

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Elodie LesageJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA. elodie.lesage@jpl.nasa.gov.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5425-9665
Samuel M HowellJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5126-3228
Marc NeveuDepartment of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6220-2869
Julia W MillerJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.
Mariam NaseemDepartment of Geology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4504-7983
Mohit Melwani DaswaniJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4611-3209
Justine VilletteNantes Université, Univ Angers, Le Mans Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences, LPG UMR 6112, 44000, Nantes, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0003-8703-9214
Steven D VanceJet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4242-3293

Funding

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80GSFC24M0006National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NM0018F0612National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC20K0139
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Europa, the most visibly active icy moon of Jupiter, is a prime target for the search for life in the outer solar system. Two spacecraft missions, Europa Clipper from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE) from the European Space Agency (ESA), will observe its surface, probe its interior structure, and characterize the space environment starting in 2030. Occasional eruptions of water sourced from Europa's interior may provide a window on the interior conditions and habitability of the moon. Here, we investigate the storage and evolution of briny water in Europa's ice shell and propose a framework to interpret spectral, thermal, radar and gravity data collected by future missions. We show that it is possible to discriminate between water erupting from the deep ocean or from shallow liquid reservoirs using combined measurements of the material's salinity, surface temperature and ice shell thickness.

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