NASA spacecraft to study whether Jupiter's moon Europa can harbor life
NASA is set to launch a spacecraft to Jupiter's moon Europa, considered one of our solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth, to learn whether this ice-encased world believed to harbor a vast underground ocean is habitable.
Europa Clipper won't orbit Europa, instead it will cleverly orbit Jupiter in such a way that it passes over Europa 44 times, eventually building up a full global scan of the moon. The probe ...
By that logic, could a probe to a presumed icy ocean on Jupiter’s moon, Europa, find potential for current life? That’s the hope propelling the Europa Clipper, the largest NASA spacecraft ...
Researchers at Cornell University have leveraged the intense volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io to advance our ...
"Detecting an exomoon would be quite extraordinary, and because of Io, we know that a volcanic exomoon is possible." ...
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