Plate tectonics spotted on Europa
Shifting landscape on Jupiter’s frozen moon is first outside Earth
![image of Jupiter’s frosty moon Europa](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/ts_Gibbous_Europa.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
FROZEN WORLD Drifting ice slabs periodically refresh the surface of Jupiter’s frosty moon Europa. The frigid world is the first spot outside Earth where scientists have discovered active plate tectonics.
Ted Stryk/Galileo Project/JPL/NASA