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. The work uses a new computer model and suggests that these eruptions may originate from subsurface reservoirs of salty water or"lakes" in the crust of Europa, rather than from its global liquid ocean.
The team's models suggest that the mission should detect reservoirs of water relatively close to the surface of Europa, in the upper 2.5 to 5 miles of the crust. An illustration of icy plumes of material erupting from the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa with the gas giant planet in the background.
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