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A new study suggests that the amount of oxygen on Europa is on the lower end of previous estimates. The moon may be uninhabitable. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Typo in title. ‘Inhabitable’ means it’s suitable for life, which is not what the study says. You meant to say ‘uninhabitable’.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Who knew inflammable meant flammable! (thanks, I fixed the title)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Article:

“It’s on the lower end of what we would expect,” said Jamey Szalay, a plasma physicist at Princeton University who led the study. But “it’s not totally prohibitive” for habitability, he added. ... “We don’t really know how much oxygen you need to make life,” she said. “So the fact that it’s lower than some earlier, wishful-thinking estimates is not such a problem.”