Features on Europa’s Frozen Surface Suggest Its Poles Wander

Careful analysis of surface imagery collected at Jupiter’s moon Europa by the Voyager, Galileo and New Horizons probes suggests that its rotational axis has wandered by as much as 80 deg., offering researchers new evidence that a liquid-water ocean lies beneath the frozen surface. After tracing...

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