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 ...

Here’s a selection of imagery of Jupiter and its moon Europa as you’ve never seen them before. Newsletters Games Share a News Tip. Featured. Featured. ... 58° field of view camera.

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 ...

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.

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper to Jupiter’s moons. Clipper will reach the ice-covered Jovian ...

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.

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 ...

NASA's flagship Europa Clipper spacecraft will explore Jupiter's icy moon Europa on a mission to understand how habitable Jovian satellite, with its vast salty ocean wrapped in a thick ice crust ...

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.

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 ...