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.

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 of the moon's surface ...

This highly stylized view of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was created by reprocessing an image captured ... More by JunoCam during the mission’s close flyby on Sept. 29. In the wake of NASA’s ...

All of Jupiter's moons are named for the god's lovers (or victims, depending on your point of view). In Greek mythology, Europa was abducted by Zeus (the counterpart of the Roman god Jupiter), who ...

possibly habitable oceans are hidden from view. "We'll explore Jupiter and its icy moons, which are Europa, Ganymede and Callisto with a particular focus on Ganymede, which is a unique object ...

On Oct. 14, 2024, NASA launched a robotic spacecraft named Europa Clipper ... is still orbiting Jupiter today and has provided scientists with an unprecedented view into Jupiter’s composition ...

A spacecraft that will study one of Jupiter’s moons ... What we discover at Europa will have profound implications for the study of astrobiology and how we view our place in the universe." ...

If all goes well, the Europa Clipper will brake into orbit around Jupiter in April 2030, setting up 49 close flybys of the frigid moon Europa, an ice-covered world with an interior warmed by the ...

Scientists believe the moon's water, chemistry and energy could support life. Marking the latest foray into space exploration, NASA has launched its first mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa ...

Languages: English, Spanish Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, may contain carbon, a key ingredient for life, data collected by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed. Europa, the sixth ...

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 ...