image: This image shows Jupiter and its satellite Europa with bright UV signal from the newly discovered south polar water vapor plumes. This image relates to a paper that appeared in the 13 Dec., 2013, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by Lorenz Roth at Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, TX, and colleagues was titled, "Transient Water Vapor at Europa's South Pole." view more
Credit: [Image courtesy of NASA/ESA/L. Roth/SWRI/University of Cologne]