This is a collage of some of the photos taken by the Galileo
spacecraft. Many of these photos were of a discovery nature -
that is, scientists did not know what to expect when they took
the pictures. To their surprise, there were aspects of the
pictures which suggested that there might be an ocean buried
under the ice. Such an ocean might harbor life. Right now,
scientists have not proven with scientific certainty that there
is an ocean. There are many points of circumstantial evidence
which suggest that an ocean does exist, however. We will walk
you through the discovery photos of Europa and describe what
they tell us about Europa now. We conclude with why scientists
want to return to search for life on Europa. Read more about the
search for life by leaving this tour and linking to the
Exploratout: NASA's Exploration for life, found at the bottom of
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