Any mission to Jupiter and its moons must contend with the gas giant's overwhelming radiation. Only a judicious orbital pattern…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft spies a tiny inner moon of Jupiter, Amalthea.
The Solar System's icy ocean moons are primary targets in our search for life. Missions to Europa and Enceladus will…
Can Europa’s massive, interior ocean contain the building blocks of life, and even support life as we know it? This…
The Voyager spacecraft carried on board a plethora of scientific instruments but attached to the side was a golden record.…
Since 1979, when the Voyager probes flew past Jupiter and its system of moons, scientists have speculated about the possibility…
Universe Today recently examined the potential for sending humans to the planet Venus despite its extremely harsh surface conditions. But…
NASA engineers are testing a prototype for a Europa Lander, which will search the surface of Jupiter's icy moon for…
NASA believes in getting the public excited about space, and they’re carrying on this tradition by recently announcing that space…
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) recently launched Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) mission and NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper mission could…