NASA said its Galileo probe has discovered that the Jovian moon Europa has an ionosphere, a strong indication that the ice-covered satellite also has an atmosphere. The discovery shows "there is a surface process occurring ... and Europa is not just some dead hunk of material," said Arvydas Kliore, the lead Galileo investigator.
Europa Find
NASA said its Galileo probe has discovered that the Jovian moon Europa has an ionosphere, a strong indication that the ice-covered satellite also has an atmosphere. The discovery shows "there is a surface process occurring ... and Europa is not just some dead hunk of material," said Arvydas Kliore, the lead Galileo investigator.
