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NASA sending probe to Jupiter’s Europa in search for elements of life among suspected waterworld


Europa, a NASA spacecraft named after the Jupiter moon it will study, could launch as soon as mid-October, beginning the journey to reveal if this suspected waterworld might support life.

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