<ul><li>Europa has long been considered a prime target in the search for life beyond Earth due to its potential to have all the necessary ingredients for life in its interior.</li><li>Scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory propose a framework for future missions to identify plumes emanating from Europa's deep interior.</li><li>The framework suggests using a publically available simulation model called CRYOLAVASAURUS to study the thermal, mechanical, compositional, and temporal evolution of ice shells and cryo-magma reservoirs on Europa.</li><li>Future missions to Europa, including NASA's Europa Clipper mission and the ESA's JUpiter Icy Moon Explorer (JUICE), could utilize this framework to gather data that could provide evidence of life beyond Earth.</li></ul>

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