Friday, September 5, 2014

Europa's Geysers

Scientists had thought flying a probe through Europa's geyser plumes would be an easy way to sample the depths of the moon's ocean.  Now, however, those plumes seem to have disappeared.

It's possible, though, that they're still there, or that they go off and on.  Astronomers monitor the geysers using the Hubble Space Telescope, which means they're not under constant surveillance.

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