Probe saw plumes on Europa 20 years ago - we just didn't notice
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We weren’t sure whether Jupiter’s moon Europa spews plumes of water, but evidence for them has just been found in 20-year-old data from the Galileo spacecraft
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Europa Mission: NASA Wants To Hunt For Alien Life On One Of Jupiter's Moons
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Leah Crane, Page 82
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Probe saw plumes on Europa 20 years ago - we just didn't notice
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20 Fascinating Space Facts
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Leah Crane, Page 82
Galileo project - Wikipedia
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WHAT DID CASSINI DISCOVER DURING ITS 20-YEAR MISSION IN
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Hubble Space Telescope 2021 - eoPortal
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Juno Mission to Jupiter - eoPortal
Jupiter: Des jets de vapeur d'eau relancent l'espoir de trouver de la vie extra-terrestre
Are Water Plumes Spraying From Europa? NASA's Europa Clipper Is on the Case – NASA's Europa Clipper
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NASA can't yet rule out that it didn't 'taste' organic compounds from alien life on one of Saturn's moons
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Issue 3178, Magazine cover date: 19 May 2018
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