21 August 2019
InVADER robot to test technology for ocean world exploration
...-covered world along with Ganymede, Callisto and now NASA has given the go-ahead for its Europa Clipper spacecraft to probe it too. But once at this water-rich world, how will scientists go about studying what...
02 January 2021
Life beneath glaciers is good news in the search for life on icy worlds
...other worlds, such as on the Jovian moons, Europa and Enceladus. Researchers have long thought that life ...of hydrogen gas, it could help future missions such as NASA’s Europa Clipper and ESA’s JUICE - JUpiter ICy moons Explorer - programme planned...
05 November 2018
First global thermal map of Europa reveals curious cold spot
...really interesting because they provide the first global map of Europa’s thermal emission,” said Samantha Trumbo, a planetary scientist... data on Europa, therefore a further analysis of this region may have to wait until either NASA’s Clipper or ESA’s...
March 2018
Plumes on Europa - tasting an extra-terrestrial ocean
... has still to be reported. It is likely that we will have to wait for such a confirmation until either JUICE or NASA’s Europa Clipper mission arrive at the ice moon in the early 2030s. Artist’s concept of JUICE at Jupiter. Particle detector Unlike...
14 April 2017
Cassini finds evidence for hydrothermal vent activity on Enceladus
... being vented from beneath the moon's icy crust and warming the surrounding surface. Hopefully, NASA's Europa Clipper mission, which is planned for launch in the 2020s will be able to verify if this is the situation or not. "If there...
18 December 2019
US Senate suggests Artemis delay after requested funding halved
.... Another notable project to secure a continuation of funds for the next year was the Europa Clipper. The bill specifies that NASA must also develop a Europa Lander – a separately launched spacecraft that would lay a foundation for the...
