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Hubble Space Telescope Sees Evidence of Water Vapor Venting off Jovian Moon

by Gary Kopycinski on December 12, 2013

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Artist's concept of a plume of water vapor ejected off the surface of the Jovian moon Europa

This is an artist’s concept of a plume of water vapor thought to be ejected off the frigid, icy surface of the Jovian moon Europa, located about 500 million miles (800 million kilometers) from the sun.Image Credit: NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI