Europa may be far from the Sun, but it’s one of the most promising places to search for extraterrestrial life—and Europa ...

called the Europa SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA), was designed and built by a team of scientists and engineers at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP). It’s part of NASA’s larger ...

Meanwhile, two mass spectrometers will identify the molecular species from gases and dust particulate near the icy world. “One of the powers of Europa Clipper is that it’s bringing a whole suite of ...

In the end, the researchers found that gas drag greatly influences dust behavior, with smaller dust particles ... This study comes as the European Space Agency’s JUICE spacecraft and NASA’s Europa ...

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) launched the Europa Clipper mission in 2024 — one of many projects that aim to tackle the fundamental question of whether we are alone in the universe.

The mission, called Europa Clipper, will see a spacecraft sent to Europa and remain in orbit around the moon for several years. The mission will attempt to answer many questions about Europa ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself as it makes its way to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week. The craft launched from the agency's ...

Given the massive amounts of radiation in the Jovian system, Europa Clipper will do 50 flybys of the moon over the course of four years to reduce damage to instruments as well as give it windows ...