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Ganymede may harbor ice and ocean layers
5-4-2014 |
6
The largest moon in our solar system could be home to a subterranean 'club sandwich' of ice and oceans.
NASA planning future mission to Europa
3-6-2014 | 9
The space agency is believed to be planning an ambitious mission to explore Jupiter's icy moon.
Scientists create detailed map of Ganymede
2-14-2014 | 5
The largest moon in the solar system has been mapped in unprecedented detail thanks to a new project.
Europa could be home to 200km high geysers
12-13-2013 | 16
Geysers on Jupiter's icy moon Europa may reach heights 20 times greater than that of Mount Everest.
Diamond rain may fall on Jupiter and Saturn
10-10-2013 | 14
The two largest planets in our solar system may be home to diamond rain and liquid diamond oceans.
NASA's Juno spacecraft is halfway to Jupiter
8-13-2013 | 15
Set to explore beneath Jupiter's obscuring cloud cover, the probe will reach its destination by 2016.
What do we want to know about Europa ?
8-10-2013 | 30
Scientists are weighing up what questions a future mission to Jupiter's icy moon would need to answer.
Water detected in exoplanet's atmosphere
3-15-2013 | 17
Astronomers have conducted the most detailed examination yet of a Jupiter-sized planet's atmosphere.
Russia to send space probe to Ganymede
3-7-2013 | 4
The Russian space agency has plans to launch a pioneering mission to explore Jupiter's largest moon.
$2bn Europa clipper mission proposed
2-18-2013 | 26
Scientists are hoping to send a probe to find signs of life on Jupiter's ice-covered waterworld moon.
Europa Clipper mission considered
12-15-2012 | 5
A proposed $2 billion spacecraft would perform several flyovers of Jupiter's enigmatic ice-covered moon.
Europe selects 'Juice' Jupiter mission
5-3-2012 | 11
The European Space Agency is to send a 1bn-Euro space probe to visit Jupiter and its icy moons.
Icy lakes found on Europa
11-17-2011 | 30
Scientists have discovered large frozen lakes near the surface of Jupiter's frozen moon Europa.
Jupiter mistaken for distress flare
10-9-2011 | 12
Lifeboat crews were called after a man thought he saw a "flare" that turned out to be the planet Jupiter.
Massive hurricanes plague other worlds
8-29-2011 | 6
Earth is not the only planet to experience hurricanes - storms on Jupiter and Saturn put Irene to shame.
NASA probe to peer through Jupiter's clouds
8-1-2011 | 12
NASA's new Juno spacecraft is set to begin a five year voyage to Jupiter later this week.
Juno solar panels complete testing
5-31-2011 | 4
The solar panels that will power the Juno spacecraft on its trip to Jupiter have completed their testing.
Jupiter's moon Io has subsurface lava ocean
5-16-2011 | 5
Io has a massive global reservoir of molten lava 30 miles deep powering its fierce and active volcanism.
Rare planetary alignment on Friday 13th
5-12-2011 | 32
In a spectacular event Venus, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter will all line up in the sky this Friday.
Crashing comets make rings ripple
4-5-2011 | 4
Wobbles in the rings of Saturn and Jupiter preserve a record of past impacts.
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