What Did NASA Found On Europa, Moon of Jupiter?

Jupiter has four moons and one of them is Europa

NASA made a discovery on Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter.

NASA officials are going to present some surprising results after a campaign made on Europa, the Jupiter’s Moon. It could be related to a subsurface ocean that was found on that moon. Paul Hertz, NASA’s director of astrophysics and William Sparks, an astronomer from the Space Telescope Science Institute will present the results at 2 p.m on Monday.

Researchers have already said they have some evidence that proves there is an ocean beneath the crust of Europa. Moreover, the space agency managed to take the first images of Jupiter’s north pole due to Juno spacecraft. The images made by Juno show storms and weather activity, which is new for another planet in our Solar System.

Europa is the second of the four satellites Jupiter has. NASA officials things that it is a special place, because it has an icy surface and they are thinking there could also be a big internal ocean. That is why the scientists are so interested in landing on this moon and finding out more about it.

The Hubble Space Telescope was able to take photos of water vapors that were released from the surface of Europa. That was the moment when the space agency decided to do more research on Europa. If there was water, there could be life too. It is possible that Hubble managed to see those water vapors again and this is what NASA is going to tell us. No matter what we will find out, the information was find due to the Hubble Space Telescope.

Europa is 4.5 billion years old, which makes it as old as Jupiter. It was discovered on January 8, 1610, by the astronomer Galileo Galilei who also discovered the other moons of Jupiter. Even if it is the smallest one, researchers are more interested in Europa because it could be similar to Earth. Moreover, the moon has an oxygen production 10 times higher than its hydrogen production, which makes life more possible.

The discovery NASA will report today could change our future. If Europa is similar to Earth, it could be a second option for the future generations. Of course, there is a long journey before humans will be able to live on another planet, but we have to take into consideration this option. What do you think NASA discovered on Europa?

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