17 June 2020
NASA wants to visit Neptune’s weird moon Triton
... developed after it was captured by Neptune; something that so far is believed to be unique among other known ocean worlds. Understanding how interior oceans form is therefore key to the Trident mission. Called Trident for its three-pronged approach...
14 April 2023
Europe’s JUICE begins its long journey to Jupiter
... Guiana today (14 April). The successful launch marks the beginning of an ambitious voyage to uncover the secrets of the ocean worlds around giant planet Jupiter. Following launch and separation from the rocket, ESA’s European Space Operations...
18 December 2015
Last look at geological activity on Enceladus before Cassini moves on
... plume's composition, hopefully giving new insights into the ocean world beneath the icy crust. All of these discoveries have...opened a path to the exploration of this and other ocean worlds." Although not the closest encounter of Enceladus, this last ...
August 2017
Big science from small spacecraft
... lunar scientists would say you’re wrong Exploring ocean worlds Europa is one of the ‘ocean worlds’ in our solar system that planetary scientists ... a compact magnetometer to characterise the subsurface ocean of Europa. Another proposed by Robert Ebert...
28 June 2019
NASA drone to search for signs of early life on Titan
... mission – nearly double the distance travelled to date by all the Mars rovers combined. “Visiting this mysterious ocean world could revolutionise what we know about life in the universe,” said NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine at a press conference...
05 November 2018
First global thermal map of Europa reveals curious cold spot
..., which indicate that some as-yet-unidentified thermal or geologic processes are going on under its icy shell. So, as an ocean world with potential geologic activity, Europa’s surface temperatures are of great interest because they may help pinpoint...
