Hubble Finds More Evidence of Water Vapor Plumes on Europa

Hubble Sees Recurring Plume Erupting From Europa

These composite images show a suspected plume of material erupting two years apart from the same location on Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The images bolster evidence that the plumes are a real phenomenon, flaring up intermittently in the same region on the satellite. Both plumes,...

Europa's Plumes Located Near 'Warm Spot' on Europa

These images of the surface of the Jovian moon Europa, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, focus on a "region of interest" on the icy moon. The image at left traces the location of the erupting plumes of material, observed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 2014 and again in...

Hubble Sees Recurring Plume Erupting From Europa (Annotated)

Plume Erupting From Europa – March 17, 2014

Plume Erupting From Europa – February 22, 2016

Plume on Europa Animation

This is an artist's concept of Jupiter's moon Europa, at right, with a water-ice plume erupting from its limb. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found a plume-like feature imaged in 2014 and 2016, which corresponds to the location of an unusually warm spot on...