Satellites of Jupiter Europe - ice ocean

NASA Astronomers have received a new version of the confirmation of the existence of the ocean under the surface of Jupiter's moon - Europe. The images obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope, they saw the outlines of which consider the image of geysers erupting from beneath the surface of Europe, according to NASA's website.

According to scientists, these geysers erupt at a height of about 200 kilometers. With their help, the researchers expect to receive samples of the materials under a thick crust of ice, which covered Europe, without the need to drill the planet's surface.

According to NASA believes, ice ocean on Europa contains twice as much water than all of Earth's oceans combined. "Ocean Europe is considered one of the most promising places in the solar system, where it can potentially hide extraterrestrial life", - said the representative of NASA's Science Mission Control Jeff Yoder.

Previously, scientists have assumed that in the Europe of the supposedly salty water of the ocean to a depth of 100 km, punching thickness of ice periodically breaks out, forming a fountain and leaving tiny drops of water in a very rarefied atmosphere. This release of water was fixed Hubble in 2012 near the south pole of Jupiter's moon, Tass said.

Then astronomer Lorenz Roth found on ultraviolet images of the bright spots in Europe's south pole. In the course of further study of astrophysics have come to the conclusion that the spots are geysers, rising about 160 kilometers above the planet's surface. However, while scientists do not have enough data to confirm their accuracy with a guess.