Europa plumes under doubt as reanalysis lowers confidence
TL;DR
A fresh reanalysis of 14 years of Hubble data weakens the case for intermittent water vapor plumes on Jupiter’s moon Europa, reducing certainty from 99.9% to below 90% and leaving open the possibility that plumes exist but not yet definitively confirmed; future missions like Europa Clipper are expected to settle the question.
Topics:science#astronomy-and-astrophysics#europa#europa-clipper#hubble-space-telescope#science#water-vapor-plumes
- Scientists Reconsider Evidence of Water Vapor on Jupiter’s Moon The Daily Galaxy
- Findings reconsider the existence of Europa's vapor plumes Phys.org
- Do Europa’s Water Plumes Really Exist? New Study Reopens Debate Sci.News
- Investigating Europa (IMAGE) EurekAlert!
- New SwRI Research Challenges Evidence for Europa’s Vapor Plumes Bioengineer.org
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