Have you ever wondered how many stars you can see at night? From a perfect dark sky location, free from any light pollution, a person with excellent vision may observe a few thousand stars in the sky ...

A series of experiments support spectral data recently collected by the James Webb Space Telescope that found evidence that the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is constantly changing. Europa ...

Jupiter's moon Europa has constantly changing ice surface, experiments suggest by Southwest Research Institute edited by Gaby Clark , reviewed by Robert Egan ...

An illustration of NASA's Europa Clipper probe above Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The spacecraft launched on Oct. 14, 2024 and will arrive at Europa in April 2030. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) ...

Europa: A little moon with a chance of life At last count, Jupiter has 95 moons, but the four main ones — Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa — were discovered in 1610 by famed Italian ...

Europa, a moon of Jupiter, has long been one of the most exciting targets in the search for life beyond Earth. Many scientists believe that an ocean lies below its icy surface, potentially hosting ...

The icy surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, has captured scientists' attention. Compounds like carbon dioxide and salt have been detected there, suggesting that an ocean could be hidden beneath ...

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon's icy crust where an ocean is thought ...

The icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. This phenomena, the team explained, is heightened in so ...

SAN ANTONIO — May 28, 2025 —A series of experiments led by Southwest Research Institute’s Dr. Ujjwal Raut support spectral data recently collected by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ...

For the past couple of decades, scientists have thought that Europa's surface was covered by a very thin layer of amorphous ice protecting crystalline ice beneath this upper veneer (~ 0.5 mm depths).