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Europa's peek-a-boo plumes confirmed

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Watery jets could be tapping into a buried ocean with the potential to support life.

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Witze, A. Europa's peek-a-boo plumes confirmed. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20685

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