{"id":23165,"date":"2020-11-11T17:23:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T09:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jupiters-radiation-causes-europa-to-glow-in-the-dark\/"},"modified":"2020-11-11T17:23:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T09:23:33","slug":"jupiters-radiation-causes-europa-to-glow-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jupiters-radiation-causes-europa-to-glow-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Jupiter\u2019s radiation causes Europa to glow in the dark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jupiter has 79 moons that we currently know about, but some are more interesting and hence studied more. One of these more interesting moons is Europa, and NASA just discovered that it actually glows in the dark.<\/p>\n

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Europa is mainly composed of silicate rock with a water, ice, and salt crust. Inside of Europa is almost certainly a vast ocean followed by an iron-nickel core. Nothing about these facts would lead scientists to believe that Europa would quite literally glow in the dark. But it turns out that Europa\u2019s glow is actually caused by Jupiter.<\/p>\n

NASA scientists have discovered that Jupiter is constantly blasting Europa\u2019s surface with high-energy radiation. This radiation interacts with the salt and ice mixture of Europa\u2019s surface and produces a glow that is visible with the naked eye.<\/p>\n

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Scientists found that Europa\u2019s surface doesn\u2019t just consist of a single type of salt; it consists of many different types. The different parts of Europa glow blue, green, or white, depending on the particular salt and ice mixture. Scientists were able to discern this by mixing different types of salt and ice, blasting it with radiation, and then viewing it with a spectrometer.<\/p>\n

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