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A geyser spurts from one of Jupiter’s icy moons

Galileo spacecraft bolsters evidence for watery plumes on Europa.
The surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa

Jupiter’s moon Europa has an icy crust, but an analysis of spacecraft data confirms that plumes of water vapour issue from its surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute

Close-up observations of Jupiter’s moon Europa confirm that a plume, probably of water vapour, rises from its surface.

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Nature 557, 470 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05183-0

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