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(10,129 posts) Tue Sep 20, 2016, 09:22 PM Sep 2016

NASA to Announce 'Surprising' Europa Discovery Monday [View all]

NASA will announce new findings about Jupiter's ocean-harboring moon Europa during a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT (1800 GMT) on Monday (Sept. 26).

"Astronomers will present results from a unique Europa observing campaign that resulted in surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa," NASA officials wrote in a media advisory Tuesday (Sept. 20).

The new information comes courtesy of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, agency officials said. You can follow the news conference live here at Space.com, courtesy of NASA.

http://www.space.com/34131-jupiter-moon-europa-hubble-telescope-announcement.html

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Good stuff!!!! tonyt53 Sep 2016 #1

better be something more than an amino acid Cayenne Sep 2016 #6

K&R Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #2

Nice! opiate69 Sep 2016 #3

I think odds are decent we find some form of life in the next couple decades. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #4

lol. That, they do. opiate69 Sep 2016 #5

Now if only we could drop a probe deep into Europa sakabatou Sep 2016 #7

Yeah. Mika Sep 2016 #8

Here's something cool to think about, re: that. We may not need to. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #9

I was blown away to find out that there's more water on Europa than there is on Earth. Warren DeMontague Sep 2016 #10

I know, that just seems to defy logic.... opiate69 Sep 2016 #13

Thanks for this great surprise! It's a reason to look forward to Monday. n/t Judi Lynn Sep 2016 #11

Arthur C Clarke was right !! SCantiGOP Sep 2016 #12

"All these worlds are yours, except Europa." nt Javaman Sep 2016 #14

Kick (nt) NeoGreen Sep 2016 #15

"Possible water plumes", apparently. opiate69 Sep 2016 #16