Home » 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 of Jupiter’s Moons appeared first on Good News Network.

One of Sebree’s students, Jacqueline Heggen, showing off glowing formations within Wind Cave – credit Joshua Sebree via SWNSFluorescent chambers inside South Dakota’s Wind Cave has given scientists a pathway into theorizing how life could exist on one of Jupiter’s moons.