The European Space Agency has decided to postpone the launch of a probe to the moons of Jupiter due to bad weather conditions.. According to the forecast, there was a possibility of lightning strikes at the spaceport in French Guiana, according to The Guardian.

Controllers canceled the launch 10 minutes before the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer or Juice was supposed to lift off from the spaceport. The next launch attempt will be attempted in 24 hours..

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Eight years after launch, the probe should reach the Galilean satellites of Jupiter.

Europa, Callisto and Ganymede are icy celestial bodies that are very far from the Sun, previous missions have found evidence that they may have a vast ocean under the ice crust. Therefore, scientists think that living organisms can exist in the water of Jupiter's moons..

Scientists have previously said that the newborn Jupiter was so bright and hot that it irradiated four of its satellites with such intense light that it evaporated water on them and deprived them of volatile substances.. This could explain the strange composition of the planet's Galilean satellites..