Distant planet may host volcanic moon like Jupiter's Io
New research done at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory reveals potential signs of a rocky, volcanic moon orbiting an exoplanet ...
NASA spacecraft to scour Jupiter's icy moon in search of life-supporting conditions
A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa. The craft, named Europa Clipper, will determine if conditions there could support life.
NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life
"It's a chance for us to explore not a world that might have been habitable billions of years ago, but a world that might be ...
NASA Finds Signs of an Io-Like Volcanic Exomoon Just 635 Light-Years Away
The existence of a moon located outside our solar system has never been confirmed but a new NASA-led study may provide ...
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Spacecraft to scour Jupiter moon for ingredients for life
A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.
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October 2024: What’s in the sky this month? Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS passes Earth, with Mars improving before dawn
Callisto is due south of Jupiter on the 15th at 6:30 a.m. EDT, missing the planet entirely. Io and its shadow repeat ... closest to Earth Oct. 12, at a distance of 43.7 million miles.
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Uncovering the mysteries of Jupiter with 5 stunning NASA images- from volcanoes, cyclones, clouds to moon
The image captured on February 3 this year shows plumes from a distance of about 3,800 kilometres ... The JunoCam image captured on April 9 this year Jupiter's moon Io. This marks the first.
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Europa Clipper: A guide to NASA's new astrobiology mission
In order of their distance from Jupiter, they are the volcanic Io (which is so close that it is stretched and squeezed by Jupiter's massive gravitational grip), Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.