NASA's detailed image of Jupiter's moon, Europa, hints that the natural satellite can embrace life.
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This artist's conceptual drawing released June 13, 2002 depicts a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting the star, 55 Cancri, about 41 light years from Earth. A possible moon around the planet is shown because such moons are thought to be common around this type of planet, but no moon has been detected.
Space experts shared this detail after they observed the highest-resolution photo of the moon captured by the Juno spacecraft.
Dr. Brad Tucker, an astrophysicist, and cosmologist from ANU, explained that the Europa photo of NASA has captured 300 km from the heavenly object's surface.
This distance is closer compared to the gap between Earth and the International Space Station. Because of this, more things about the moon were captured.
NASA Jupiter Moon Image Hints Europa as Habitable
According to SkyNews' latest report, Dr. Tucker said that the most detailed Europa image of NASA revealed that the moon has some ice sheet cracks.
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The solar system's largest moon, Ganymede, is captured here alongside the planet Jupiter in this picture taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, December 3, 2000. Ganymede is larger than the planets Mercury and Pluto and Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Both Ganymede and Titan have greater surface area than the entire Eurasian continent on our planet.
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"So this is a fairly close shave, they saw details of some of the cracks in the ice sheets. They also saw some quite interesting darker planes in the ice sheets," said the cosmologist.
He added that there are also some interesting darker planes in the ice sheets of Europa.
The cosmologist further explained that the ice cracks and darker planes are similar to those in Antarctica.
Aside from this, he also believes that Europa has some oceans underneath its surface.
NASA's Europa Image
NASA Gov's official report stated that the detailed Europa image covers around 150 km by 200 km of the moon's surface.
The international aerospace union the photo shows the natural satellite's region, which has a network of fine grooves and double ridges.
If you check the exact image, the Europa's surface looks like a wool string. If you want to see the exact photo, you can visit this link.
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