Author Topic: New evidence for water plumes on Jupiter's moon, Europa  (Read 497 times)

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Scientists presented further evidence Monday for water plumes on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa, raising hopes of probing the jets for signs of life around the second planet from Earth.

Europa's frozen surface has long been thought to cover a salty ocean about twice the size of our planet's.

Given the suspected abundance of warm, liquid water under its kilometres-thick ice shell, the moon is considered a "top candidate" by NASA for life on a Solar System body other than Earth.

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Re: New evidence for water plumes on Jupiter's moon, Europa
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2018, 11:29:46 pm »