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Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre Europa

En las profundidades de la luna congelada de Júpiter, Europa, se encuentra un océano gigante de agua líquida. Explorar este mundo oceánico, y lo que hay debajo de él, podría ofrecernos pistas en nuestra búsqueda de vida más allá de la Tierra. Esto es lo que necesitas saber sobre Europa.

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The icy surface of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter, was photographed by the Galileo spacecraft on its fourth orbit around Jupiter. 
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Flows on Europa
A map centered at the estimated source region for potential plumes from Europa.
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Plumes
Source Region for Possible Europa Plumes
 The main body of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has been delivered to the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, where assembly, test, and launch operations are underway.
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Main Body of NASA's Europa Clipper Spacecraft Arrives at JPL from APL
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.
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Location of the erupting plumes, observed by NASA's Hubble Telescope
Europa's Plumes Located near 'Warm Spot' on Europa
A newly discovered impact crater can be seen just right of the center of this image of Jupiter's moon Europa returned by NASA's Galileo spacecraft camera. The crater is about 18.5 miles (30 kilomet...
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Europa's Active Surface
A comparison of Voyager and Galileo images of Europa.
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Comparison of fuzzy data and sharper images.
Europa: Voyager to Galileo Comparison
Artist’s illustration of Jupiter and Europa (in the foreground) with the Galileo spacecraft after its pass through a plume erupting from Europa’s surface.
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Artist’s illustration of Jupiter and Europa (in the foreground) with the Galileo .
Europa Scene: Plume, Galileo, Magnetic Field
This image shows an area of crustal separation on Jupiter's moon, Europa. 
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Europa Wedge Region
This image of Jupiter's moon Europa shows a very complex terrain of ridges and fractures. 
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Rugged horizontal lines.
Crosscutting Relationships of Surface Features on Europa
This shaded relief highlights relative elevations around Cilix crater on Jupiter's moon, Europa.
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Topography Around Europa's Cilix Crater
Europa's surface as seen by the Galileo spacecraft during its 17th orbit around Jupiter.
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Europa's Rhadamanthys Linea
This image is a very high resolution view of the Conamara Chaos region on Europa.
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Close-up image in black and white.
Icy Cliffs at High Resolution
This is a high resolution picture of Jupiter's moon Europa. The area shown is about 5.9 by 9.9 miles (9.6 by 16 kilometers) and the smallest visible feature is about the size of a football field.
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Ridges on Europa
This mosaic of Europa, the smallest Galilean satellite, was taken by Voyager 2. This face of Europa is centered at about the 300 degree meridian. 
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crescent view of Europa in color
Europa Crescent
Galileo orbiter near-infrared observations of Europa overlayed on a Voyager map.
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Small color-enhanced areas on a large black and white map.
Near-Infrared Mapping Coverage of Europa
This image of Europa was taken by the Galileo spacecraft under "low-Sun" illumination.
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Shadowy hills on Europa
Terrain Shadows on Europa
A series of five images that compare terrain on Europa to the San Francisco Bay area in Calfornia for scale.
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Series of images showing scale of Jupiter's moon Europa to the San Franscisco Bay Area.
Europa Compared to Earth
The image on the left shows a region of Europa's crust made up of blocks which are thought to have broken apart and "rafted" into new positions. 
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Blocks in the Europan Crust Provide More Evidence of Subterranean Ocean
This image reveals a cutaway view of the possible internal structure of Europa.
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Interior of Europa
Dark and splotchy-looking terrain is evidence of some of the most recent geologic activity on Europa.
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Ridges and smooth plains on Europa.
Chaotic Terrain on Europa
This animation shows NASA’s Europa Clipper during a flyby of Europa. 
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This animation shows NASA’s Europa Clipper during a flyby of Europa.
Mission Animation: Europa Flyby
This graphic of Jupiter's moon Europa maps a relationship between the amount of energy deposited onto the moon from charged-particle bombardment and the chemical contents of ice deposits on the sur...
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two global views of Europa with colors representing chemical components
Energy From Above Affecting Surface of Europa
This animation segment shows the deployment of NASA’s Europa Clipper ECM boom after launch.
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An animation showing the deployment of a boom from the Europa Clipper spacecraft.
Mission Animation: ECM Boom Deployment (Close)
This graphic shows the location of water vapor detected over Europa's south pole that provides the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off Europa's surface.
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Illustration showing the location of water vapor emerging from the South Pole of Europa.
Water Vapor Plumes Over Europa
This image shows a close-up view of terrain within the region of Europa's surface named Conamara.
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Image of terrain on Europa
Conamara Color Closeup