Europa Clipper
Europa Clipper’s Thermal Imaging System was Tested Here on Earth
The highly anticipated Europa Clipper mission, set to launch in 2024, will investigate Jupiter's moon Europa. This icy moon with…
If There are Water Plumes on Europa, Here’s how Europa Clipper Will Study Them
NASA’s Europa Clipper is one of the most anticipated missions of the coming decade, in large part because its target,…
Europa has Water in its Atmosphere
New research indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has water vapor in its trailing atmosphere, which could inform missions headed there…
NASA Chooses Falcon Heavy Over SLS to Launch Europa Clipper, Saving About $2 Billion
The bureaucracy of government control is slowly fading away in space exploration, at least in the US. A series of…
Micrometeorites Churn up the Surface of Europa. If you Want to Find Life, You’ll Need to dig Down a Meter or So
According to new research, impact craters caused by micrometeorites are the best place to look for evidence that life exists…
There Might be Volcanoes at the Bottom of Europa’s sub-ice Oceans
In about three years, NASA plans to launch a robotic orbiter that will study Jupiter's mysterious moon Europa. It's called…
Europa’s Nightside Glows in the Dark
A team of NASA scientists has conducted a study that shows what the surface of Europa will look like, which…
NASA Releases a New Poster for the Europa Clipper Mission
In anticipation of this upcoming mission, NASA has released a stunning poster for the Europa Clipper mission!
More Evidence that Europa’s Oceans Could be Habitable
At first glance, Jupiter's moon Europa doesn't seem much like Earth. It's a moon, not a planet, and it's covered…
Even More Evidence that Europa has Geysers
Earlier this week, we shared some stunning, newly reprocessed images of Europa from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft, which visited Jupiter and…