Day: July 16, 2016

Additional evidence of water vapor plumes on Europa find by Hubble

The existence of plumes would make studying the moon’s interior ocean easier. In the seminal science fiction series Space Odyssey, novelist Arthur C. Clarke called attention to the Jovian moon Europa’s special place in the Solar System. At the end of the series’ second novel, 2010: Odyssey Two, a spaceship sent to the Jupiter system …