Ammonia-Bearing Compounds Detected on Europa for First Time
A new analysis of archival data from the Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) on board NASA’s Galileo spacecraft…
NASA Has a New Estimate for Europa’s Ice Shell, and Whoa Is It Ever Thick
Europa, one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, is encased in a shell of water ice, and researchers have just…
NASA’s Juno Measures Thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell
Results from the solar-powered spacecraft provide a new measurement of the thickness of the ice shell encasing the Jovian…
Life on Europa Could Feed On This Unexpected Source of Energy
Scientists are proposing a new source of fuel for potential alien life on Europa: Radioactive elements seeping out…
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…