21 August 2019
InVADER robot to test technology for ocean world exploration
... for its JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - mission to study the ice-covered world along with Ganymede, Callisto and now NASA has given the go-ahead for its Europa Clipper spacecraft to probe it too...
26 May 2021
Underwater volcanoes could be active on Europa
... have melted its silicate mantle through time to feed volcanoes on the ocean floor. Wedged between Io and Ganymede, Europa is kept warm internally through radiogenic heating – heat generated by the decay of radioactive isotopes – and via...
31 December 2021
Space missions to watch out for in 2022
... three years making 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...
