NASA Just Dropped the First Close-Up Images of Europa in Decades and They're Stunning

NASA Just Dropped the First Close-Up Images of Europa in Decades and They're Stunning

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https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7gp5n/nasa-just-dropped-the-first-close-up-images-of-europa-in-decades-a

Behold: the closest images of Jupiter’s moon Europa, considered one of the promising targets in the search for extraterrestrial life, in decades.

NASA’s Juno orbiter captured stunning new images of the moon during a flyby on Thursday that took the probe within 219 miles of its icy surface, revealing an intimate new view of a tantalizing world.