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Europa Clipper is NASA’s bold mission to investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor life beneath its frozen ...
The deep-sea volcanoes beneath Earth’s oceans may offer vital clues in the search for alien life on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. With a $621,000 award from NASA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ...
SwRI scientists contribute to uncovering ongoing surface modification on Jupiter’s moon Europa ...
A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.
Scientists think there is an ocean within Jupiter's moon Europa. NASA-JPL astrobiologist Kevin Hand explains why scientists are so excited about the potential of this ice-covered world to answer one ...
The Europa Clipper mission tested its E-THEMIS instrument on March 1 during a Martian practice run before it reaches its final destination in a few years: Jupiter’s moon Europa.
A new study sheds light on what Jupiter, often called the "architect" of the solar system, was like in the beginning. The giant planet has dramatically changed.
A bright Moon dominates the sky, passing two bright stars as Juno reaches opposition and Mercury dips toward the horizon in the sky this week.
It's a world home to gigantic storms bigger than Australia, 100-mph winds pummeling its northern reaches and a rocky moon riddled with lava-spewing volcanoes. Welcome to Jupiter.
In October 2024, NASA’s Europa Clipper will begin its journey to Jupiter’s largest moon. And you can be part of this exciting mission: As part of NASA’s “Message in a Bottle” campaign ...
A group of swirling storms at Jupiter's north pole are bouncing off each other, like bumper cars at the fairground.
In this case, Greenland was the analog for Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, and the team was testing a seismometer.