Here are the High-Resolution Images of Europa Captured by Juno During its Recent Flyby

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Europa, as seen by Juno during its Perijove 45. Could lakes be sending geysers out from beneath its icy crust? Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill

It’s been over twenty-two years since we’ve been able to see Jupiter’s enticing moon Europa close-up. But now the Juno spacecraft has made its closest pass of Europa, sending back some amazing pictures of the icy mini-world, which likely has an ocean that contains more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined.

Observations from the spacecraft’s 45th orbit around Jupiter brought it close enough to give us some of the best views of Europa that we’ve ever had.

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