Simulations show how low gravity on ocean worlds might help to sustain warm water circulation for millions of years

Credit: ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Freshly emplaced (since 2018) lava mounds (black with yellow hydrothermal mineral staining) at the crater floor of KSM (Jan 2023). ROV Jason prepares to insert a temperature senor into a newly formed hydrothermal vent (yellow stained area, bottom right) within the recently erupted lavas.

« Simulations show how low gravity on ocean worlds might help to sustain warm water circulation for millions of years

ROV Jason’s manipulator arm using an Isobaric Gas-Tight (IGT) sampler to collect warm (~40°C) vent-fluids at the Kama’ehuakanaloa Seamount (KSM), January 2023.

« Simulations show how low gravity on ocean worlds might help to sustain warm water circulation for millions of years

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