Kiwi Kid’s News - Jupiter’s Moon spewing water jets
New evidence has shown that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa throws jets of water out into space. Scientists first reported the behaviour in 2013 using the Hubble telescope, but have now made a follow-up sighting. It is significant because Europa is one of the most likely places to find microbial life beyond Earth because of its huge ocean of liquid water. Flying through the jets with an instrumented spacecraft would be an effective way to test the possibility. Scientists are also looking at the possibility of attempting to capture a sample of water and bring it back to Earth for more detailed biological analysis.The suggestion is that the jets reach several hundred kilometres in height before then falling back onto Europa. The calculation based on the 2013-reported work estimated a volume of water equivalent to an Olympic swimming pool could be being spewed into space about every eight minutes.
Questions
Who is the main person or group in this article? The scientists who discovered about Jupiter's moon spewing out water jets.
What was the key event from the news article? About Jupiter’s moon spewing out water jets.
Where did this event take place? At the planet Jupiter’s moon.
When did this event take place? In 2013
In your own words describe what happened in the news article? In my own words this article is about Jupiter's moon is spitting out water . Scientists started noticing it in 2013 and now they are wanting to get a sample of that water.
Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place. This event took place on Jupiter's moon . These moons are also the closest thing to orbit around Jupiter and the 4 largest moons are Europa , Ganymede , Callisto and Io. Also that the moon Europa is the moon that is shooting out the water jets .
Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future. It all started in 2013 and probably in the future Jupiter might be a planet for people to live on with life.
Explain in your own words why this event took place. Well in the article , the water jets go up very high about 700 kilometres high before falling down back onto the planet and I pretty sure that the moon is what's sucking up all the water and shooting it back down.
Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.
Microbial - It is a life that is very old on earth
Significant - Something important that is worth of attention
Equivalent - Something that is equal
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