The Juno probe made the closest pass in 22 years of Jupiter's icy moon Europa on Thursday (Sept. 29), providing the best view of the ocean world since the NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by it 2000.

Juno just keeps on giving. NASA's Jupiter-studying spacecraft snuggled up to the gas giant's intriguing moon Europa last week and the images are still arriving. The latest is a super close-up view ...

Europa is an icy moon of Jupiter and one of the four so-called Galilean moons of Jupiter. ... As telescopic observations improved, however, a new view of the universe emerged.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, launching in October 2024, will beat JUICE to Jupiter by about a year, arriving in orbit in April 2030, thanks to the power of its SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. But ...

NASA invites members of the public to send their names to space aboard the Europa Clipper mission, expected to launch to an ocean world moon in 2024.

Once the spacecraft reaches Jupiter in 2030, it will orbit the planet and begin making 49 close flybys of Europa in the spring of 2031, according to NASA. Space Rare comet to streak across night sky.

NASA launches Europa Clipper to probe Jupiter moon 05:17. One day after launching a Starship rocket on a dramatic test flight in Texas, SpaceX fired off a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida on ...

A NASA mission to explore a Jupiter moon believed to be one of our galaxy's most promising locations to search for life-supporting conditions is at long last underway. The Europa Clipper launched ...

The moon, called Europa, is the fourth largest of Jupiter's 95 officially recognized moons and its icy shell is believed to be 10-15 miles (15-25 km) thick on top of an ocean 40-100 miles (60-150 ...

NASA launches mission to Jupiter's moon Europa in search of signs of life. Scientists believe the moon's water, chemistry and energy could support life. By Leah Sarnoff. October 14, 2024, 12:16 PM.

A NASA spacecraft is about to commence a six-year journey to the Jupiter moon of Europa to undertake the historic task of searching the icy ocean world for signs that it could sustain life.. Years ...

Europa Clipper will make a six-year journey to Jupiter to study Europa, an icy-surfaced moon that scientists believe has “ingredients for life.” Search Query Show Search News/Noticias ...