Tidal Forces May Cause Europa Cycloids

Scientists at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory have made sense of puzzling cycloid and other arc-shaped cracks on Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The theory requires that there be global subsurface liquid for the cracks to form, adding to other evidence for at least the past...

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