+NASA’s +Hubble Space Telescope has observed water vapor above the frigid south polar region of Jupiter’s moon Europa, providing the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off the moon’s surface.
Previous scientific findings from other sources already point to the existence of an ocean located under Europa’s icy crust. Researchers are not yet certain whether the detected water vapor is generated by water plumes erupting on the surface, but they are confident this is the most likely explanation.
Please join +Tony Darnell Dr +Carol Christian and +Scott Lewis as they discuss the latest findings from the astronomers making the #Hubble observations of this exciting discovery!
As always, we look forward to your questions and comments as well, see you then!
You can read more about this discovery here:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/solar-system/2013/55/full/