IRISH SCIENTISTS' SPIDER SENSORS..

Research team names alien ice form on Jupiter's moon

- BY DANNY DE VAAL

PHENOMENA Strange asterisk-shaped "spider"

IRISH scientists have named a spider-like feature on Jupiter's icy moon Europa as “Damhán Alla”, which translates to “spider” or “wall demon”.

First observed by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, a study explored how the feature may have formed from briny water eruptions beneath the ice, offering clues about subsurface liquid water and the potential for life.