that then got "picked up" by Jupiter's magnetic field as it swept past the moon. "Here, we report direct observations of H2+ and O2+ pickup ions from the dissociation of Europa's water-ice surface ...

"Europa is an ice covered moon of Jupiter, about the size of Earth's moon, but believed to have a global subsurface ocean that contains more than twice the water of all of Earth's oceans combined ...

Europa Clipper - one of the most advanced spacecraft ever sent to another planet - aims to explore Jupiter's icy moon ...

NASA recently launched a mission aimed to see if the ingredients for life exist on Jupiter's ice covered moon Europa ...

What’s more, the team was only able to detect water vapor along Europa’s leading hemisphere, defined as the side of the moon that always faces the direction of Europa’s orbit of Jupiter.

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to Jupiter's icy moon Europa, using star trackers to navigate and ensure a smooth journey to its 2030 destination.

Additionally, ocean exoplanets are believed to possess the largest reservoir of liquid water in the entire universe.” Horizon of the icy moon of Europa (Getty Images/Stocktrek Images)“These ...

Icy moon Ganymede—which JUICE will orbit ... During its two flybys of Europa, JUICE will search for pockets of liquid water under Europa’s icy surface—which is suspected to hide a liquid ...

The Europa Clipper mission will allow the US space agency to uncover new details about the moon, which scientists believe could hold an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface. NASA is set ...

Europa Clipper Mission: US space agency NASA has launched a spacecraft to Europa, Jupiter’s moon, to ascertain if ... its vast global ocean of salty liquid water may contain twice the water ...