10 August 2020
Salty dwarf planet Ceres could be hiding an ocean
... role in preserving liquid in this heat-starved body, say the team. Ceres’ ocean is very different from Europa’s or Enceladus’s, but just how habitable this ocean could be or what stage it is at is still unknown. However the outlook...
21 September 2020
Jupiter could have 600 moons, a new study says
... are the four Galilean moons that were independently discovered by their namesake Galileo Galilei in 1610; namely, Europa, Ganymede, Io and Callisto. These moons stand out due to their huge size; all four are over...
16 July 2021
NASA's $25 billion FY2022 funding bill is approved
... allocation was an added $34.8 million above the initial request for Mars Sample Return, $68.6 million more for Europa Clipper, and $175,400 for the James Webb Space telescope. Aeronautics research was granted $935...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... detailed observations of the giant gaseous planet Jupiter and three of its largest moons, Ganymede, Callisto and Europa. Data collected from the mission will be used by scientists to hopefully learn more about the moon’s hidden...
04 February 2018
Australia in Space
... Blue Streak rockets at Woomera. This later morphed into the European Launcher Development Organisation’s programme for Europa, the first stage of which was the Blue Streak. Arguably more important for Australia’s reputation in what...
