A 13-Year Radar Sweep Sheds Light on Europa’s Porous Ice
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A 13-year radio study of Europa (2011–2024) finds its radar albedo is unusually bright and the scattering pattern matches clean, porous ice, placing new limits on how deep radar can probe below the icy crust and offering important context for upcoming missions like Europa Clipper and Juice.
Topics:science#europa#ice#note-extra-tag-not-allowed#planetary-science#radar#radio-astronomy#space-and-spaceflight
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