Artist’s Impression of Jupiter and Europa
Observations by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope recently revealed water vapour in the atmosphere of Ganymede, one of Jupiter’s moons. A new analysis of archival images and spectra has now revealed that water vapour is also present in the atmosphere of Jupter’s icy moon Europa. The analysis found that a water vapour atmosphere is present only on one hemisphere of the moon. This result advances our understanding of the atmospheric structure of icy moons, and helps lay the groundwork for upcoming science missions which will explore Jupiter’s icy moons.
Credit:ESA/Hubble, J. da Silva
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Id: | heic2111b |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 14 October 2021, 17:00 |
Related releases: | heic2111 |
Size: | 5120 x 2880 px |
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Category: | Solar System |
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