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The moon Europa

This illustration shows charged particles from Jupiter hitting the face of Europa, separating icy water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen molecules. The scientists believe that some of these newly formed oxygen gases can move into the moon's subsurface ocean, as the circled figure shows. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SWRI/PU

Will the moon Europa return? The Juno spacecraft discovered oxygen on Jupiter's moon

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NASA's Juno spacecraft directly measured charged molecules of oxygen and hydrogen from the atmosphere of Europa, one of Jupiter's largest moons. According to a new study by scientists at SwRI and Princeton, these observations provided important constraints on the potential oxidation of its subsurface ocean
The JUICE spacecraft is placed on top of the Ariane 5 launcher in Kourou, French Guinea, March 2023. Photo: ESA

The launch of the JUICE spacecraft to Jupiter's moons has been postponed to tomorrow 14/4 15:14

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The Juice spacecraft (JUPiter ICy moons Explorer), is a joint project of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI), planned to explore three of Jupiter's icy moons: Ganymede, Europa and Callisto. The mission is scheduled to reach Jupiter in 2031
The land features of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, are revealed in this Juno Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) image taken during the spacecraft's flyby on September 29, 2022. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI

The Juno spacecraft captured the highest resolution image of an enigmatic region on Europa's moon

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Observations from the Juno spacecraft's flyby of the fair moon have provided the first close-up in more than two decades of this ocean world, resulting in stunning images and unique science
Self-contained robotic microswimmers, deployed from a component that penetrated the icy crust of a moon containing a subsurface ocean. Not to scale. NASA/JPL

NASA is considering sending swimming robots to "ocean worlds" that might be suitable for life

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In fact, the environment in these oceans is very similar to the environment of the earth at the time when life began
Imaging of the Cassini spacecraft passing through the water jets of the moon Enceladus. The close flyby she made through the jets in 2015 allowed her to detect molecular hydrogen in the water jets and strengthen the possibility that the environment in the sub-glacial ocean from which the jets emanate supports the existence of life. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

NASA reveals new discoveries from the oceanic worlds of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn

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Processing of one of the images taken with the Hubble Space Telescope in ultraviolet radiation. Note the light blue structures that protrude from the surface of Europa's moon into space (at the bottom of the moon on the left side, 7 o'clock). Further tests revealed that these were most likely water eruptions from the surface of the moon.

Is there life on the moon Europa?

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Simulation of the lander. According to the proposal, the lander will be launched between 2024-2025 and will arrive several years after the arrival of the EMFM probe, which will make many flybys near Europe. It will be able to photograph it at a very high resolution to find safe but scientifically interesting landing sites, and roly noses like the one described in the simulation - near plumes of water coming out as geysers from the moon Atal past Hal, and it is estimated that, if they do exist in Europe, they originate in its sub-ice ocean. Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

NASA is considering developing a lander to search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa

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Geyser on the moon Europa. Image: NASA

The moon Europa returns to the center stage of the search for water and life

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The moon Europa. Photo: NASA. Processing: shutterstock

European brown salt

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The icy and mysterious surface of 'Europa' as photographed by the spacecraft 'Galileo'

An astrobiologist suggests possible types of landing sites that would allow the detection of signs of life if these exist in the subsurface oceans

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NASA has selected scientific instruments for a future mission to Europa's moon

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Researchers from MIT and NASA hope that their proposal will be selected for a flyby mission near Jupiter's large moon, and investigate whether it harbors life Photo: NASA/JPL/SETI Institute

Simple electronics on the way to Europa's moon

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Comet Siding Spring as it might have been seen from Mars. Figure: Indian Space Agency

Summary of the year 2014 Part II - Astronomy and astrophysics: a rare meeting between Mars and the comet 'Ben David' of the Earth and a supercluster

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Attached image of the surface of the moon "Europa". The large cracks that cross the icy surface lengthwise and widthwise on Jupiter's moon Europa are evidence of the stresses this moon has experienced. This is according to an analysis of the attachment image that was compiled from images taken by the Galileo spacecraft, which passed by this moon six times between 1996-1999. Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

The moon "Europe", which is under pressure from all sides, may be out of balance

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Europa's "Great Lakes" as they might appear from analysis of data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft operating over the past decade

Hidden lakes discovered on Jupiter's moon Europa

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The moon Europa in natural colors

Jupiter's Moon Europa: Summary of Findings

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Panspermia: flower power

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Europe for NASA: Come to Europe

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Astrophysicists think big - a proposal to use Europa's moon as a particle detector

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Acid Europe may not explain life

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New horizons for NASA - nuclear spacecraft to Jupiter's moons

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Europe you didn't know

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