Astronomy Picture of the Day - Jupiter's Europa from Spacecraft Juno

APOD.NASA.gov ^ | 3 Oct, 2022 | Image Credit & License: NASA, JPL-Caltech, SwRI, MSSS; Processing: Andrea Luck

[MtnClimber]

Explanation: What mysteries might be solved by peering into this crystal ball? In this case, the ball is actually a moon of Jupiter, the crystals are ice, and the moon is not only dirty but cracked beyond repair. Nevertheless, speculation is rampant that oceans exist under Europa's fractured ice-plains that could support life. Europa, roughly the size of Earth's Moon, is pictured here in an image taken a few days ago when the Jupiter-orbiting robotic spacecraft Juno passed within 325 kilometers of its streaked and shifting surface. Underground oceans are thought likely because Europa undergoes global flexing due to its changing gravitational attraction with Jupiter during its slightly elliptical orbit, and this flexing heats the interior. Studying Juno's close-up images may further humanity's understanding not only of Europa and the early Solar System but also of the possibility that life exists elsewhere in the universe.

[MtnClimber]

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[MtnClimber]

[MtnClimber]

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[Signalman]

Looks awfully cold.

[Campion]

If you look very carefully, can you see the obelisk?

"It's full of stars!"

[P.O.E.]

Santana & Gato Barbieri live:

"Europa"

[Magnum44]

If you zoom out a bit...

[silent majority rising]

Spectacular.

[silent majority rising]

Dave has a house there.

[MtnClimber]

I saw Santana at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado!

[ganeemead]

Of Jupiter's large moons, the one that is most interesting is Ganymede.

[Rennes Templar]

-260. degrees.

Looks like it would be great for off-roading.

I wonder if an electric Hummer could operate there.

[Seruzawa]

ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS, EXCEPT EUROPA.
ATTEMPT NO LANDING THERE.
USE THEM TOGETHER. USE THEM IN PEACE.

[Reily]

Here is a decent SciFi flick regarding Europa!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europa_Report

[Larry Lucido]

I would avoid landing on Jupiter too.

[Seruzawa]

Yeah but just imagine wind surfing there.

[Larry Lucido]

Or hang gliding!

[libertylover]

Only one impact crater?

[Bubba_Leroy]

https://youtu.be/ZwFXtJKaC3A

[telescope115]

I saw that movie. It was a psychological thriller as well as a sci-if thriller.