Images from the JunoCam visible-light camera aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft support the theory that the icy crust at the north and south poles of Jupiter's moon Europa is not where it used to be, according to JPL.
Another high-resolution picture of the icy moon, by the spacecraft's Stellar Reference Unit, reveals signs of possible plume activity and an area of ice shell disruption where brine may have recently bubbled to the surface.
The Juno mission was launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Aug. 5, 2011, and arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016 after a five-year 1,740-million-mile journey. The mission aims to explore the origin and evolution of Jupiter, the solar system, and giant planets across the cosmos.
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