The findings of the researchers, which were reported in the journal Nature Astronomy, are in line with earlier measurements, which were initially thought to point to a potential area of liquid water beneath the Martian ice.
The US Space Agency’s Juno probe recently came the closest in 20 years to the bright, icy moon Europe that orbits Jupiter in the context of the urgent search for water in space.
On Thursday, Juno was able to get within 357 kilometres of “Europe,” which is thought to have an ocean flowing beneath its thick, frozen crust, increasing the likelihood of aquatic life.
Europa, which is about the size of Earth’s moon, may have water plumes that are flowing from its surface. If scientists are lucky, they may be able to see these plumes.
According to John Purdy, associate mission manager at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft should move at a speed of around 123 mph.
the speed of 6 km/s.
The previous NASA Galileo spacecraft, “Europe,” achieved the record for the closest approach to the moon in 2000 at 351 kilometres.
The moon of Jupiter and Mars now have fresh indications of liquid water.
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