It is the first detailed investigation of Jupiter's moon Europa—which is believed to harbor an ocean so vast that it contains more water than anywhere else in the known universe (even Earth).

Oct. 14, 2024 — NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life.

Oct. 14, 2024 — NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life.

The moon has a very thin atmosphere that is primarily oxygen, and scientists believe there is a saltwater ocean hidden beneath Europa’s surface. Europa could have all the “ingredients” to ...

Europa has an ocean beanth its icy surface that may contain twice as much water as Earth’s oceans. That’s despite Europa being about the same size as Earth's moon. “Europa, we think ...

Warmth from Europa’s interior and tidal energy from Jupiter likely maintain a massive liquid ocean beneath the moon’s icy surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Michael Carroll Europa, Ganymede ...

And liftoff! Liftoff of Falcon Heavy with Europa Clipper, unveiling the mysteries of an enormous ocean lurking beneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa.” “And there we heard the call ...

NASA JPL’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest planetary probe ever built, will launch as early as Friday to explore Jupiter’s icy ocean moon. Oct. 9, 2024 Teams at the Jet Propulsion ...

Data from previous missions and long-range studies from Earth indicate a vast salt-water ocean lurks beneath the moon's frozen crust ... with nine state-of-the-art instruments, including narrow ...

Europa Clipper will serve as NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to studying an ice-covered ocean world in our solar system, and it aims to determine whether the moon could be habitable for life ...

NASA spacecraft to study Jupiter moon's underground ocean cleared for October launch Sep 10, 2024 NASA is launching a major mission to look for habitable spots on Jupiter's moon Europa ...

When the spacecraft reaches Jupiter, it will begin a series of flybys of Europa, an icy ocean moon that scientists think may be a candidate for habitability. The second heavy-lift vehicle flying ...