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NASA's Juno probe has measured the thickness of Europa's icy crust
Jan 30, 2026The icy Jovian moon has long been a place of interest for scientists due to its subterranean ocean of liquid water.
Scramble to divert NASA probe to visit 'alien' interstellar visitor
Aug 6, 2025Scientists are hoping to see NASA's Juno Jupiter probe diverted to intercept the enigmatic object 3I/ATLAS.
NASA's Europa Clipper launches on mission to Jupiter's icy moon
VIDEO Oct 15, 2024The spacecraft will be trying to answer some of the most critical questions about Europa and its subsurface ocean.
NASA's Juno spacecraft photographs creepy 'face' on Jupiter
Oct 27, 2023Just in time for Halloween, NASA has posted up an image of an eerie-looking formation in the gas giant's atmosphere.
New discovery adds weight to possibility of life on Europa
Sep 24, 2023Scientists have discovered the presence of one of the most crucial ingredients for life on Jupiter's icy moon.
Giant worlds: how big is the largest planet in the universe ?
Aug 18, 2023Jupiter is pretty big, but there are other, much larger planets to be found lurking in the depths of the cosmos.
Enigmatic green flash shows up in photo of Jupiter's swirling clouds
Jun 22, 2023The image, which was captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft, shows something quite spectacular.
Discovery of 12 new moons around Jupiter breaks Saturn's record
Feb 9, 2023Jupiter's status as the planet with the most moons in our solar system has now officially been restored.
Juno probe captures image of lava-strewn surface of Jupiter's moon Io
Dec 18, 2022This hellish world was photographed in remarkable detail during one of the probe's recent flybys.
Liquid pools on Europa could be home to alien life
Apr 27, 2022Scientists have discovered evidence that Jupiter's icy moon Europa is home to shallow pools near to its surface.
'Complex organic matter' found on asteroids
Aug 3, 2021Scientists have identified two unusual asteroids between Mars and Jupiter that shouldn't actually be there.
'Active' Jupiter trojan is the first of its kind
May 22, 2020Astronomers have spotted something unexpected in an object that shares the same orbit as the gas giant Jupiter.
Spectacular 'lucky' image of Jupiter revealed
May 10, 2020A stunning new image of the solar system's largest planet was put together from hundreds of shots.
Scientist 'almost certain' that Europa hosts life
Feb 8, 2020A leading British space scientist maintains that Jupiter's icy moon is very likely to be home to alien organisms.
Europa Clipper mission gets the go-ahead
VIDEO Aug 20, 2019An ambitious endeavour to unlock the mysteries of Jupiter's moon Europa is finally moving ahead.
Young planet may have collided with Jupiter
Aug 15, 2019Physicists now believe that a large planetary embryo collided with the gas giant in the distant past.
Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in salt
Jun 14, 2019Scientists have determined that Europa's ocean may be more like the Earth's oceans than previously thought.
NASA cooks up an alien atmosphere on Earth
Mar 16, 2019Scientists at JPL have been working to simulate the atmospheric conditions found on 'hot Jupiter' planets.
You can now help to name Jupiter's moons
Mar 6, 2019Scientists are offering social media users the chance to name 5 of Jupiter's most recently discovered moons.
Nuclear 'tunnelbot' could explore Europa
Dec 17, 2018NASA has proposed a new mission to delve deep beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa.
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