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Findings reconsider the existence of Europa's vapor plumes
- May 18, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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Looking back at 14 years of Hubble telescope data for Jupiter's moon Europa has given Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists a better understanding of its tenuous atmosphere. The findings have cast doubt on previous evidence suggesting that the icy moon intermittently discharges faint water plumes from a presumed subsurface ocean.
Originally published at Phys.org