Ice or cryovolcanism on Jupiter's moon Europa
Ice or cryovolcanism on Jupiter's moon Europa
Artist's impression of a plume of water vapour, a kind of geyser, which could possibly erupt out from the cold, icy surface of Jupiter's moon, Europa. Based on spectroscopic measure-ments from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, it has been determined that these 'cryovolcan-ic' clouds could rise to a height of 200 kilometres, with the water immediately freezing and probably falling back to the surface of the moon as ice particles. NASA's Europa Clipper mission could record this cryovolcanic activity with its experiments during the course of the mission.
