
27/09/2024
Jupiter's moon Europa. About the same size as Earth's moon, but with a very intriguing difference: evidence suggests that beneath its icy crust, Europa hides a global ocean of liquid water β with more water than all of Earth's oceans combined!
Two weeks from today, the launch period opens for NASA's mission, which will send a robotic spacecraft bristling with high-tech science instruments to find out if this icy world has the conditions that could sustain extraterrestrial life.
Watch the launch live and learn more at go.nasa.gov/europaclipper
This image was captured in 2022 by NASA's , which is currently orbiting Jupiter.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill Β© cc by (The image is free to use as long as this credit is included.)