Comet strikes on Jupiter’s moon Europa could help transport critical ingredients for life found on the moon’s surface to its hidden ocean of liquid water — even if the impacts […]
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Europa Clipper’s Reaction Wheels Have Been Installed
Europa Clipper, the enormous spacecraft that will head to Jupiter’s moon Europa uses four large reaction wheels to help keep it oriented.
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Surviving in Ocean Worlds: Experimental Characterization of Fiber Optic Tethers across Europa-like Ice Faults
As an initial step towards in-situ exploration of the interiors of Ocean Worlds to search for life using cryobot architectures, we test how various communication tethers behave under potential Europa-like […]
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NASA Study Suggests Shallow Lakes in Europa’s Icy Crust Could Erupt
New research makes hypotheses that NASA’s Europa Clipper can test: Any plumes or volcanic activity at the Jovian moon’s surface are caused by shallow lakes in its icy crust.
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Sharpest Earth-based Images Of Europa and Ganymede Reveal Their Icy Landscapes
The cocktail of chemicals that make up the frozen surfaces on two of Jupiter’s largest moons are revealed in the most detailed images ever taken of them by a telescope […]
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Citizen Scientists Enhance New Juno Images Of Europa
Science enthusiasts have processed the new JunoCam images of Jupiter’s icy moon, with results that are out of this world.
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Tricorder Tech: OWLS – New NASA Astrobiology Tools
A team at NASA JPL has invented new technologies that could be used by future missions to analyze liquid samples from watery worlds and look for signs of alien life.
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Highest-Resolution Close-Up of Jupiter’s Moon Europa Yet By Juno
Observations from the spacecraft’s pass of the moon provided the first close-up in over two decades of this ocean world, resulting in remarkable imagery and unique science.
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Enhanced RGB Image Of Europa Taken By Juno From PJ45
This Enhanced RGB image of Europa is a composition of 9h38/9h39/9h40 and 9h41
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Controlled Mosaic Of Europa Taken By Juno From PJ45
This Geometrically controlled mosaic of Europa from Juno’s Perijove 45. Pixel scale is 1008 meters per pixel and this view is centered at 11.7 N, 0.6 W.