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In 1610, Galileo Spotted a Small Moon Orbiting Jupiter and Documented It; 400 Years Later, Scientists Confirmed that It Probably Houses the Largest Ocean in the Solar System.
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The Italian astronomer barely observed a tiny point of light next to Jupiter. Today, thanks to decades of space exploration, that moon called Europe is considered one of the most potential places to house liquid water outside the Earth.
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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In 1610, Galileo spotted a small, smooth moon circling Jupiter and wrote it down; four hundred years later, scientists confirmed it likely holds the largest ocean in the solar system, buried under ice and never once touched by sunlight
In January 1610, Galileo Galilei turned a small telescope toward Jupiter and noticed something that should not have been there: tiny points of light close to the planet, changing position from night to night. He did not see an ocean. He did not see ice. He did not see the smooth, fractured surface that later spacecraft would reveal. Through his telescope, Europa was only a moving point near Jupiter, one of the four moons that would eventually ca…
·Australia
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