Set to orbit Jupiter and make over 40 flybys of Europa, this spacecraft is built to analyze the moon’s subsurface ocean ...

New lab experiments and James Webb Telescope data show Europa’s icy surface constantly changing due to heat and cosmic particles. Scientists believe this could be clear evidence of a salty liquid ...

To make these lander missions happen, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory team has been working on a robot that could handle the ...

The ice on the surface of Jupiter's massive moon Europa is constantly changing, hinting at the presence of a subsurface ocean, new James Webb telescope observations reveal.

A series of experiments support spectral data recently collected by the James Webb Space Telescope that found evidence that the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa is constantly changing. Europa ...

Europa is a cold moon, with surface temperatures ranging from minus 210 to minus 370 degrees Fahrenheit, and it's covered in ice. Ice thickness estimates vary from 6 to 15 miles.

This passed too far away from Europa to get a detailed picture, but the mission did note some variations in albedo (brightness) on the moon's surface. Pioneer 11 (1974 flyby of Jupiter system).

This illustration of Europa shows how its icy surface may shine even on its night side, because Jupiter is constantly bombarding it with radiation. NASA / JPL-Caltech 2024-03-09T00:18:06Z ...

The icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed.. This phenomena, the team explained, is heightened in so ...

Europa's surface ice exhibits varying rates of crystallization, influenced by external and geologic processes. Laboratory experiments and JWST data indicate both crystalline and amorphous ice are ...

On Europa, future missions should find intact, recognizable amino acids about eight inches beneath the surface, especially in the high latitudes near the north and south poles of the moon.