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NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will scour Jupiter moon for the ingredients for life
Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon's icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface. It won't search for life, but rather determine whether conditions there ...
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Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa could harbor life, researchers say
If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists have long assumed that the earliest life on Earth required a few basic ...
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GWYNNE DYER: How the Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter's moon could change our understanding of the universe
Elon Musk’s ‘Starship’ project did something spectacular this week. The 160-tonne booster landed safely in the arms (or rather, the ‘chopsticks’) of a rocket-catching device that will soon allow the ...
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NASA's Europa Clipper will fly close to Mars today on way to Jupiter's icy moon
"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to build up the energy we need to get to Jupiter and Europa." Today (March ...
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NASA Launches Historic Mission to Explore Jupiter’s Moon Europa
NASA’s Europa Clipper craft was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket, aiming to conduct its first mission to study Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa. Photo: John Raoux/AP ...
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NASA Spacecraft Whipping Around Mars to Slingshot Itself Toward Jupiter's Mysterious Moon
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 ...