Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life.
"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...
Europa is the sixth largest satellite in our Solar System and the smallest of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons. Discovered by ...
NASA’s Europa Clipper is using Mars and Earth’s gravity to travel efficiently to Jupiter. The spacecraft will study Europa’s ...
On Oct. 14, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft began a vital mission. It will be investigating the potential habitability of Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa — but first, it has to get there.
When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...
Total Lunar Eclipse 2025 will turn the Moon blood red on March 13-14, offering a spectacular celestial display visible across ...
Rayme Traub, a Sherrard native and NASA engineer, helped design the Europa Clipper probe. On Saturday, the probe will undergo ...
The flowing water likely wraps around a solid rocky core. If true, that would make Callisto a close sibling to Europa, another moon of Jupiter. Though the existence of an ocean remains ...
NASA has been preparing for their Europa Clipper mission since 2013, when the mission’s pre-project was approved. The spacecraft is roughly the length of a basketball court, making it the ...
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Today (March 1), NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will fly past Mars, gliding just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the Red Planet's surface. This maneuver is designed to ...