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posted by martyb on Monday September 26 2016, @11:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the mark-your-calendar dept.

Watch here: http://www.nasa.gov/nasalive

NASA Teleconference About Europa

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-to-hold-media-call-on-evidence-of-surprising-activity-on-europa

NASA will host a teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 26, to present new findings from images captured by the agency's Hubble Space Telescope of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa.

Astronomers will present results from a unique Europa observing campaign that resulted in surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean on Europa.

NASA currently plans to perform additional flybys of Europa and put a lander on the surface as part of the Europa Clipper mission. The ESA's Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer will also fly by Europa twice, but focus on Ganymede.

Nasa to Reveal 'Surprising' Activity On Jupiter's Moon Europa

There's something going on beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa. But what?

NASA teased a "surprising" announcement for Monday, based on Hubble Space Telescope images of the celestial body, which many experts believe could contain a subsurface ocean, even possibly some form of life.

The US space agency has already proclaimed that Europa has "strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its crust and which could host conditions favorable for life."

At Monday's announcement, "astronomers will present results from a unique Europa observing campaign that resulted in surprising evidence of activity that may be related to the presence of a subsurface ocean," it said in a statement.

The announcement will be made at a news conference at 2 pm (1800 GMT) Monday featuring Paul Hertz, NASA's director of astrophysics, and William Sparks, an astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.


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  • (Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Monday September 26 2016, @02:05PM

    by dyingtolive (952) on Monday September 26 2016, @02:05PM (#406649)

    Here in England it's so green
    Martian men can move unseen
    Apparatus underground
    Monitor the crunching sound

    Joey's gone and Georgie's gone
    Put their best torn trousers on
    Found a crowbar and a drill
    Headed for the Berlin wall

    And last night I swear I saw her face
    As they stormed the gates of satellite TV
    (Europa)
    Too bad, I don't get news at ten
    'Cause the CNN would tell a different story

    Eastern Bloc, Eastern Bloc
    You're never gonna break that deadlock
    How can I shake that gridlock?
    Shell shock

    Tuning out, tuning in, Europa, Europa
    Shine across these waves and rescue me
    Loud and clear, through thick and thin, Europa, Europa
    Come in, come in, come in, come in, do you read?
    Are you receiving me?

    So I was fourteen, she was twelve
    Father traveled, hers as well
    Down the beaches hand in hand
    Twelfth of never on the sand

    And we said we'd be the pirate twins again
    In the freezing rain of the Eastern Bloc

    And I used to think each time we kissed it was for real
    But tonight I feel that the wind has changed

    Eastern Bloc, Eastern Bloc
    You're never gonna break that deadlock
    How can I shake that gridlock?
    Shell shock

    Tuning out, tuning in, Europa, Europa
    Shine across these waves and rescue me
    Loud and clear, through thick and thin, Europa, Europa
    Come in, come in, come in, come in, do you read?
    Are you receiving me?

    Eastern Bloc, Eastern Bloc
    You're never gonna break that deadlock
    How can I shake that gridlock?
    Shell shock

    Tuning out, tuning in, Europa, Europa
    Shine across these waves and rescue me
    Loud and clear, through thick and thin, Europa, Europa
    Come in, come in, come in, come in, do you read?
    (Europa)

    Tuning out, tuning in, Europa, Europa
    Shine across these waves and rescue me
    Loud and clear, through thick and thin, Europa, Europa
    Come in, come in, come in, come in, do you read?
    Are you receiving me?

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