Europa

The dark side of Europa may glow a lovely shade of teal, as shown in this artwork, due to radiation bombarding salty ice on its surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Jupiter's moon Europa may glow due to salty irradiation
Phil Plait
Nov 11, 2020
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Hubble sees Jupiter erupt with storms big enough to swallow Earth
Phil Plait
Sep 18, 2020
Jupiter (and its moon Europa to the upper left) captured by Hubble in visible light on 25 August 2020. Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M. H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley) and the OPAL team
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Now we have even more hints at Europa’s alien subsurface ocean
Elizabeth Rayne
May 15, 2020
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Decades-old Galileo images of Europa get a detailed digital makeover
Jeff Spry
May 3, 2020
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New observations hint that Jupiter’s moon Europa erupts with water geysers (corrected)
Phil Plait
Nov 19, 2019
Artist’s concept of a plume of water erupting from under the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. Credit: NASA/ESA/K. Retherford/SWRI
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NASA is officially going to Europa, with eyes toward a 2023 launch
Elizabeth Rayne
Aug 21, 2019
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The salty ocean of Europa: Table salt found on Jupiter's moon
Phil Plait
Jun 13, 2019
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Did the Galileo spacecraft pass through a geyser plume over Europa? Maaaaaybe.
Phil Plait
May 15, 2018
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Trump's 2018 NASA budget: The good, the bad, and the very, very ugly
Phil Plait
Mar 20, 2017
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Eerie molecular hydrogen cloud found on Europa
Elizabeth Rayne
Feb 6, 2017
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NASA: All systems go for exploratory mission to Europa
Trent Moore
Jun 18, 2015
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NASA planning mission to Europa to determine if the moon can sustain life
Trent Moore
May 27, 2015
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NASA is planning to send a spacecraft to Jupiter's mysterious moon Europa
Trent Moore
Feb 5, 2015
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Here's the laser-powered robo drill NASA is developing to explore Europa
Trent Moore
Jul 24, 2014
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NASA prepping plans to explore the ice-covered oceans underneath Europa
Trent Moore
Jul 17, 2014
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NASA wants YOUR ideas for a planned robotic mission to Europa
Jeff Spry
May 7, 2014
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