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Recent research indicates that Jupiter's icy moons, particularly Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, may have originated with the necessary chemical ingredients for life. Scientists suggest that complex organic molecules formed in the early solar system could have been incorporated into these moons during their formation, potentially allowing for the presence of life-sustaining compounds.
New research conducted by SwRI, Aix-Marseille University and the Institute for Advanced Studies demonstrated how complex organic molecules (COMs) could have formed in the protoplanetary disk represented here. Interstellar ultraviolet particles (orange arrows) irradiate the disk of materials, providing a range of conditions that could trigger the organic chemistry essential to COM creation as the icy grains migrate radially and vertically in the disk. A similar transport and irradiation process operates within Jupiter’s circumplanetary disk
Credit: Southwest Research Institute
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