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NASA just found evidence of a plume spewing from Europa — buried inside the data of an old spacecraft
A gem was hiding in Galileo’s archives
www.theverge.com
“Scientists have uncovered the biggest evidence yet that water may be spewing from the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa — a revelation that was buried deep within the archives of a long-dead NASA spacecraft. In 1997 the Jupiter probe, Galileo, flew near a geyser when it passed close by Europa, collecting data that went overlooked at the time. But now, the rendezvous has been unearthed 20 years later, and it provides scientists with their first up-close measurement of one of Europa’s water plumes.”
evidence of water pretty much signifies evidence of (at least) microbial life…