Jupiter’s moon Europa is one of the most compelling targets in the search for life beyond Earth. However, its water-ice surface is affected by the harsh radiation environment of Jupiter’s magnetosphere. New mapping of the radiation pummeling the icy moon reveals where astrobiologists should look when searching for signs of biosignatures.
Nasa’s Galileo spacecraft flew through a giant plume of water that erupted from the icy surface of Europa, new analysis shows
A fresh look at data from a 1997 flyby of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, suggests that NASA’s Galileo spacecraft flew directly through a watery plume, raising hopes of probing the jets for signs of life around the second planet from Earth.
NASA’s upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper.
It will look for life in the Jovian moon’s saltwater ocean.
In September of 2016, astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers have spotted an atomic hydrogen corona around Jupiter’s icy moon Europa.
NASA has announced a teleconference to be held on Monday afternoon next week, during which it will present new findings from images of Europa, one of the largest of Jupiter’s 67 known moons, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
The company had announced that the Hubble Space Telescope had captured ‘surprising evidence of activity’ on Europa – which made many think that aliens might have been found.
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft might meet an end of it’s journey to Jupiter as NASA calculates that it might crash into Europa
