Did James Webb Telescope just find LIFE on Jupiter's Moon Europa?

On this week's episode, we are diving into the latest JWST discovery of CO2 on the surface of Europa. We're answering the WHAT before the WHY in this 15 minutes deep dive into James Webb, Europa, and what this discovery means for life in the universe, and especially a potential alien pool of life in our own solar backyard.

We discuss:

• WHAT is James Webb Space Telescope?
• WHAT is Europa?
• WHAT did JWST find on Europa?
• HOW does JWST look for exoplanets?
• HOW does Europa's icy crust move over the subsurface ocean?
• WHY would we spend valuable observation time w/ JWST on Europa?
• WHY is the discovery of CO2 on Europa's surface important?
• WHY is possible life in our stellar neighborhood is so important?

Can't wait for the launch of the Europa Clipper, launching aboard a Falcon Heavy NET October 2024! What timing!

Let us know what YOU think in the comments or email us at [email protected]!

SOURCES:

https://europa.nasa.gov/resources/174/induced-magnetic-field-from-europas-subsurface-ocean/

https://jwst.nasa.gov/content/about/launch.html

https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/target/europa

https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10569/

https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022JE007648

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Spread Love, Spread Science Alex G. Orphanos

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00:00 Introduction to Episode  00:40 What is JWST? 02:06 What is JWST Mission? 02:37 JWST works WITH Hubble, not against it 03:02 What is Europa? 04:21 What makes Europa special enough to use JWST to observe it? 05:22 What did JWST find on Europa? 06:04 Why is CO2 Ice on Europa a big deal? 09:56 Finding funding for Europa missions has been difficult for decades 11:10 What do YOU think about the discovery?