Europa
Even Though it Hasn’t Launched Yet, JUICE Took its First Images of Jupiter and its Moons
Is there a more complicated and sophisticated technological engineering project than a spacecraft? Maybe a particle accelerator or a fusion…
AI Could Help the Europa Clipper Mission Make New Discoveries!
A team of NASA scientists recently developed a series of machine learning algorithms that could help the Europa Clipper find…
Exploring The Icy Moons of Jupiter. NASA’s Europa Clipper and ESA’s JUICE
On August 19th, 2019, NASA announced that their Europa Clipper mission has been approved to move to the next phase…
Thanks to Gaia, we Now Know Exactly How Big Europa is
The ESA's Gaia mission recently allowed astronomers to catch a glimpse of Europa as it passed in front of a…
Saltwater Similar to the Earth’s Oceans has been Seen on Europa. Another Good Reason Why We Really Need to Visit This Place
Jupiter's moon Europa is an intriguing world. It's the smoothest body in the Solar System, and the sixth-largest moon in…
A Nuclear-Powered Tunneling Robot that Could Search for Life on Europa
The search for life has led astronomers to the icy moons in our Solar System. Among those moons, Europa has…
ARCHIMEDES: Digging into the ice on Europa with lasers
To explore Europa for signs of life, NASA in investing in a number of technologies, which includes a laser-mining concept…
Being Cassini. Experience What It Was Like to Fly Past Jupiter and Saturn and Their Moons
What would it be like to be onboard the Cassini orbiter as it made its way around Jupiter and Saturn…
Even Ganymede is Showing Tectonic Activity. We’re Going to Need Another Icy Moon Orbiter
A new study shows that the surface of Ganymede was once a very tectonically active place, with evidence of slip-faulting…
Europa is Going to be Tough to Land on, it Could Have Towering Walls of Ice Spikes Across its Surface
According to a new NASA-backed study, Europa's surface may be covered in towering icy spikes, which could make a landed…