Sentences with phrase «immense gravity melts»

This constant flexing of Europa by Jupiter's immense gravity melts its interior in the same way it melts that of neighboring Io, causing the latter to be the most volcanically active moon in the entire Solar System.

This constant flexing of Europa by Jupiter's immense gravity melts its interior in the same way it melts that of neighboring moon Io, in essence keeping the water ice layers in the interior of Europa in a liquid state that form a global underground ocean.