New findings complicate the search for life beneath Europa’s ice
Water trying to rise from Europa’s ocean would likely cool quickly and begin freezing inside cracks.Tiny ice crystals…
Jupiter’s Largest Moon Has a Rare Magnetic Field. A Strange Theory May Explain It
Jupiter, the biggest planet in our solar system, also hosts some of the biggest moons. That includes Ganymede,…
New study uncovers the formative conditions that made Io dry and Europa watery
A moon can sit next door to another and still feel like a different world. Around Jupiter, that…
A Physicist Wants to Turn Jupiter’s Largest Moon Into a Gigantic Dark Matter Detector
When searching for the unknown, classic physics wisdom holds that a bigger detector boosts the chances of discovery.…
NASA’s Europa Clipper Radar Instrument Proves Itself at Mars
The agency’s largest interplanetary probe tested its radar during a Mars flyby. The results include a detailed image…
Astronomers Detect Entirely New Type of Plasma Wave Above Jupiter’s North Pole
Since entering Jupiter’s orbit in 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been hard at work unveiling the many mysteries…