Europa which is Jupiter 39 s moon has been recently seen in the news because ........

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Europa- which is Jupiter's moon has been recently seen in the news because:

It is being characterised as a protoplanet.

New research shows the possibility of water pockets beneath its double ridges.

ISRO to launch a mission to Europa.

long-debated "disk instability" theory has now been proved.

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Explanation:

A team of researchers from Stanford University have said that on one of Jupiter's moons Europa there might be an abundance of water pockets beneath formations called double ridges.

It is already known that Europa, whose surface is mostly solid water ice, contains water beneath it.
The researchers are now saying that the double ridges are formed over shallow pockets of water.
Double ridges are the formations that are most common on Europa's surface and are similar to those seen on Earth's Greenland ice sheet.

Hence option 2nd is correct.