These images will give us the most-detailed map of Europa yet. Our current best images of the moon contain limited detail, the equivalent of somebody flying over the Earth and being able to tell ...

From NASA’s website: “The spacecraft’s payload will include cameras and spectrometers to produce high-resolution images and composition maps of Europa’s surface and thin atmosphere, an ice-penetrating ...

and to map Europa's geology, looking for signs of recent tectonic activity, resurfacing or areas where plumes of water vapor could be venting, which could tell us more about the depth of the ocean.

volcanic eruptions and tectonically formed mountains. But it is not home to large amounts of water. Europa, Ganymede and Callisto, in contrast, have icy landscapes. Europa’s surface is a frozen ...

NASA just launched a spacecraft the size of a basketball court towards Jupiter's moon Europa. Here's what will happen over the next 10 years. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The Clipper is equipped with nine state-of-the-art instruments, including narrow- and wide-angle visible light cameras that will map about 90% of Europa's surface, imaging details down to the size ...

Chord after relaxing chord, interspersed with birdsong, rain sounds, or crackling fire? Well, Europa is that, but in video game form — at least when it comes to its gameplay. Taken on vibes ...

Planetary astronomer Bonnie Buratti remembers exactly where she was the first time she heard that Jupiter’s icy moon Europa might host life. It was the 1980s, and Buratti was a graduate student ...

The solar-powered spacecraft Europa Clipper ascended above clear skies through Earth’s atmosphere on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It is expected to ...

Planning a movie night? Europa Europa starring Solomon Perel is currently streaming on Max and The Criterion Channel, so get comfortable and start watching. A Jewish boy separated from his family ...

on Monday morning carrying a NASA probe designed to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa and search for the building blocks of life. With the Europa Clipper now on its 1.8-billion mile, 5½-year ...