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Scientists thought Jupiter's moon Europa was ejecting water. Now they're not so sure
space.com ^ | Robert Lea

Posted on 05/24/2026 7:25:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin

"The evidence for water vapor plumes on Europa isn’t as strong as we first understood it,"

(Excerpt) Read more at space.com ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: europa
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1 posted on 05/24/2026 7:25:43 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Maybe Europa’s just happy to see you!...........


2 posted on 05/24/2026 7:26:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: BenLurkin
We'll never know for sure since 2010 told us that we are to attempt no landing there.
3 posted on 05/24/2026 7:27:30 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Red Badger

“We’ll be the Pirate Twins again...”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5o8TfrSA7Y


4 posted on 05/24/2026 7:30:02 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

I’m glad ‘synth pop’ is over.............


5 posted on 05/24/2026 7:37:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: BenLurkin

Wait....don’t tell me....chemtrails?


6 posted on 05/24/2026 7:43:24 AM PDT by Nekman (The Dems are SocialistCommunistUtopianMarxists...SCUM for short...it FITS!)
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To: Red Badger

Lol


7 posted on 05/24/2026 7:44:07 AM PDT by sit-rep (START DEMANDING INDICTMENTS NOW!!!!!)
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To: BenLurkin

If it isn’t Uranus ejecting water, FReepers won’t care.


8 posted on 05/24/2026 7:52:14 AM PDT by Rio
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To: BenLurkin

“Scientists thought Jupiter’s moon Europa was ejecting water. Now they’re not so sure”

There is one common thread with these types of statements.

“Scientists”


9 posted on 05/24/2026 9:26:40 AM PDT by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: BenLurkin

What? “Scientists” who haven’t got it right? Hrumpf! Hrumpf!


10 posted on 05/24/2026 9:34:57 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Border invasion II has begun now that the DemonRATS have thrown out ICE and the CBP.)
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To: BenLurkin

More experts. Not sure...


11 posted on 05/24/2026 9:54:06 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: faucetman

They were pretty darn positive at the time. Lots of smiley, smug, pat on their own backs as they shared their initial conclusions with the world. That’s my recollection.


12 posted on 05/24/2026 11:39:15 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Rio

Look! It’s up! Uranus!


13 posted on 05/24/2026 11:53:33 AM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: BenLurkin

That close, that common a spectral signature, and we’re told we know so much about the makeup of the universe billions of light years away, so that far back in time ?


14 posted on 05/24/2026 2:04:53 PM PDT by sopo
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