Hypothesized cryovolcanic eruption on Europa (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Hypothesized cryovolcanic eruption on Europa

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This artist's conception of Jupiter's icy moon Europa shows a hypothesized cryovolcanic eruption, in which briny water from within the icy shell blasts into space. A new model of this process on Europa may also explain plumes on other icy bodies.

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Image credit: Justice Blaine Wainwright

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