NASA's Hubble Telescope spots possible water plumes on Europa

NASA has announced that water could be spewing from the surface of one of Jupiter's moons,... adding weight to the theory that Europa could potentially harbor life.
The U.S. space agency says its Hubble Space Telescope has imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off Europa, which lends further evidence for the existence of a deep, saline ocean under the moon's icy surface.
NASA says the plumes provide a tantalizing opportunity to gather samples originating from Europa without having to land or drill through the ice.
Previous findings had pointed to the existence of an ocean under Europa's icy crust, but it was thought teams would have to drill through the thick layer of ice before any signs of life would be detectable.
First discovered in 1610, Europa is the largest of Jupiter's 67 known moons.

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