NASA's Jupiter-observing mission Juno has taken its closest to date image of the gas giant's mysterious ice-covered moon Europa.
(Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI)
https://www.space.com/juno-photo-europa-jupiter-moon-most-detail
Posted on 10/03/2022 2:21:47 PM PDT by 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.
Likewise, Folsom Field, Boulder ‘69 +/-
(can’t quite remember!)
I’m jealous. Really. Only time I saw them was through a hole in the fence at Musikfest in Bethlehem, PA
Yes!
This is the usual obligatory woketard meme that leftist science writers include in their articles (and leftist space scientists include in their grant proposals).
That photo looks like someone’s balding head.
In the sequels to 2010, it was explained why we should not land there..................
https://www.space.com/juno-photo-europa-jupiter-moon-most-detail
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