The first detailed images of Europa, Jupiter’s moon, in 22 years. The Juno probe has shown us an icy landscape

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4 min readOct 4, 2022

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NASA’s Juno probe has made its closest flyby in 22 years near Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. The last time it did so was in 2000 by another highly distinguished NASA probe, Galileo. And while the images show the icy surface, what intrigues researchers most is what’s underneath.

[Photo: TheLostProbe (Screenshot), Askaniy Anpilogov + FarGetaNik/JaguarJack/Panterstruck (Textures), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons]

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