A detailed color image of Jupiter's moon Europa, showcasing its cracked and icy surface with reddish, disrupted regions (Thera and Thrace). An inset highlights a close-up view of the intricate surface details. This image is from NASA's Galileo spacecraft mission, which is concluding its journey with a planned impact into Jupiter. The image depicts the evidence found by the spacecraft for a subsurface ocean on Europa.

Astronomy Picture from 19/09/2003

Galileo's Europa

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Grainy black and white image of Europa's surface, showing a network of dark lines suggesting subsurface water movement. New data from the Galileo spacecraft hints at the existence of a large subsurface ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa, raising the exciting possibility of extraterrestrial life.

Astronomy Picture from 09/04/1997

Oceans Under Jupiter's Europa?
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