Hubble finds additional evidence of water vapor plumes on Europa

The existence of plumes would make studying the moon's interior ocean easier.

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William Sparks... astronomer with the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore who led the research... "The problem is that there may be something we don’t understand about the instrument or what Europa looks like in ultraviolet light. These are difficult wavelengths for Hubble." Sparks added that aside from an instrument error, he could not think of any other explanation. "I'm not aware of any natural explanation for this besides water plumes."

Intergalactic space whales?

Let's hope it's the Star Wars space whales and not the ones from Star Trek.