NASA scientists claim to have evidence that moon … – The Christian Post in Spanish

Although so far the hypothesis that Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, has an ocean beneath its surface, had not been proven by substantial evidence, a group of NASA scientists have said that new telescope images Hubble prove that theory.

Jim Green, director of NASA’s planetary science, told the Los Angeles Times that “the more we see individual moons, we see that the water actually exists in huge abundance.”

Experts have said that Ganymede has been identified as the largest moon in our solar system, and the only one with its own magnetic field.

The natural satellite is also influenced by the field Magnetic Jupiter, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA, for its acronym in English).

The NASA posted a message on Twitter in which he said that “the Hubble Space Telescope has the best evidence that there is an underground ocean saltwater Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter. “

According to a report released by NASA on its website, www.nasa.gov , identifying the existence of water is crucial in the search for habitable worlds beyond Earth

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John Grunsfeld, associate of the Administrative Council of the Science Mission in NASA headquarters in Washington administrator, said: “The discovery represents a significant milestone, highlighting something that only the Hubble could achieve . In his 25 years in orbit, Hubble has made many scientific discoveries in our solar system. A deep beneath a surface of ice on Ganymede, ocean opens up exciting possibilities of life beyond Earth. “

As part of the research supported by the Hubble images, a group of scientists led by Joachim Saur at the University of Cologne in Germany observed the movement of two auroras in regions surrounding the north and south poles of Jupiter’s moon.

After observing the movement of both auroras, according to NASA, scientists were able to determine that a lot of salt water exists beneath the surface of Ganymede, affecting its magnetic field.

Ganymede images captured by Hubble can be seen here and on this link.