and NASA is going to send a new spacecraft to check it out. The mission, called Europa Clipper, will see a spacecraft sent to Europa and remain in orbit around the moon for several years.

How do the water vapor plumes on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, contribute to the interaction between the moon’s surface and subsurface environmen | Space ...

Liftoff is targeted for this month aboard SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Mission cost: $5.2 billion. Europa, the superstar among Jupiter's many moons One of Jupiter ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, headed to Jupiter’s ice ... The metal plate also has diagrams showing what hydrogen and hydroxyl look like at the atomic level. We’re hoping that future ...

NASA's Europa Clipper ... the planet's surface using Clipper's radar and thermal imager, according to NASA. Credit: NASA During its approach, the 12,750-pound spacecraft will be traveling at ...

"To detect a plume for certain, we’ll have to return to the Jupiter system, and NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, currently in development, will do just that," Phillips said. "If plumes do ...