We have detected water on Jupiter! 💦

But this is not new news...

In 2013, our Herschel telescope solved the mystery of water in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, tracing it back to the impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 in July 1994.

This finding paved the way for our Juice mission, set to reach Jupiter in 2031. Juice’s observations will give us a better chance of understanding how Jupiter’s atmosphere responds to such events.

📸 ESA - European Space Agency
📹 ESA/NASA

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