A Mystery In Jupiter’s Atmosphere Sheds Light On Solar System’s Previous
It will search close to Europa for vapor plumes venting into space from the moon’s liquid water ocean or from reservoirs in its icy shell. Studying that material will be akin to dipping a test tube directly into those bodies of liquid. The instrument will also study the moon’s aurora, its personal sort of northern lights. In fact, a year on a hot Jupiter typically lasts only a handful of days or even just hours. The venerable twin Voyager spacecraft…