Europa water plumes and Galileo.

[Canopus]

After Hubble spotted what appeared to be water plumes on Europa in 2012, scientists went looking for irregularities in Magnetometer data collected on Galileos closest Flybys of the moon, and found some signs of ejected water interacting with Jupiters magnetic field.

Here is the Paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0450-z

I think it is very cool how even long after its demise, Galileo could still contribute to our understanding of Europa and even settle the question wether there is liquid water on Europa or not. I couldn't be more excited for future probes like Europa Clipper investigating further.

 

Edited May 16, 2018 by Canopus

[Wjolcz]

Honestly, I'm not surprised. Very excited though. Europa is much closer than Enceladus and Europa Clipper is going there so there's even a higher chance of it having a lander because of all this.

Edited May 16, 2018 by Wjolcz