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Southwest Research Institute

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Experiments conducted in SwRI’s CLASSE facility help explain how ocean-sourced CO2 boosts hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) proliferation at Europa’s chaos terrains. Hydrogen peroxide is formed when water (H2O) is exposed to charged particle radiation.

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Southwest Research Institute

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