SwRI Findings Reconsider The Existence Of Europa’s Vapor Plumes

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. “The evidence for water vapor […] The post SwRI Findings Reconsider The Existence Of Europa’s Vapor Plumes appeared first on Astrobiology .