A European spacecraft designed to study Jupiter and three of its most intriguing moons is set for launch Thursday.
You can watch the launch live viaEuropa, Callisto and Ganymede are each thought to have a subsurface ocean beneath their icy shells, potentially making them a habitable environment for microbes or other organisms.
"Together, these moons could hold a colossal amount of water – as much as six times the water contained in Earth’s oceans," the European Space AgencyThe spacecraft will map the moons, investigate Europa's chemistry and potential for supporting life, and learn more about how Jupiter's magnetosphere interacts with its moons.Axios on facebook
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