The Latest Breaking News from Jupiter

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"What makes the event even more extraordinary is that it did not involve a single volcano, but multiple active sources."

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — which could make it hard for nutrients to get down to its buried ocean.

Europe's space leaders were told to "speed up" security missions and launch the IRIS2 satellite constellation by 2029 at the biggest Brussels space conference of the year. Euronews Next highlights the key takeaways from the event and asks if the sector still has the power to inspire.

Is romance on the cards?

Jupiter's moon Europa may support life via a newly found "sinking ice" process, as British scientists and ESA's Juice mission probe its hidden ocean.

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the prospects of extraterrestrial life in its ocean."

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"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here."

The cloud and its mystery object are at least a few times the mass of Jupiter

"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets."