Fluorescent Rocks in Wind Cave National Park May Show How Life Could Exist on One of Jupiter's Moons

Fluorescent Rocks in Wind Cave National Park May Show How Life Could Exist on One of Jupiter's Moons

Fluorescent chambers inside South Dakota’s Wind Cave has given scientists a pathway into theorizing how life could exist on one of Jupiter’s moons. In a cool, NASA-funded experiment, scientists shined an ultraviolet (UV) light around the rocks inside Wind Cave and found that chemicals fossilised within the rocks shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue, […] The post Fluorescent Rocks in Wind Cave National Park May Show How Life Could Exist on One o…

Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments

Deep below the Earth's surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green. Scientists are using these fluorescent features to understand how the caves formed and the conditions for supporting life in extreme, and even extraterrestrial, environments.

Caves In The US That Glow Under UV Light Could Help Us Find Life On Ice Worlds

Caves in South Dakota unexpectedly glow pink and blue under black light and could serve as proxies for conditions on icy moons like Europa, where life may be brought near the surface after forming in the deep ocean.

Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments - Tech and Science Post

Deep below Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the chemicals fossilized within shine in brilliant hues of pink, blue and green. Scientists are using these fluorescent features to understand how the caves formed and how life is supported in extreme environments, which may reveal how life could persist in faraway places, like Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The researchers presented the…

Deep beneath the earth's surface, beautifully colored rock and mineral deposits lie hidden in the darkness. Until scientists crawled inside, waded through icy water and brought a UV lamp: suddenly the walls lit up in bright shades of pink, blue and green, the images seem almost extraterrestrial. The special splendor and magnificence are caused by traces of […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .