There’s a bigger problem to surmount at Europa. Jupiter’s magnetosphere is already massive due to the planet’s giant size, and made even stronger by electrical currents produced by metallic ...

And Jupiter’s magnetosphere is massive ... is intended to eliminate any risk of collision with Jupiter’s moon Europa, a high-priority target for future exploration, partly because it is ...

A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports.

Jupiter's icy moon Europa may have the chemical composition needed to support life, according to new research. A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters suggests that even ...

One of those days will bring it close to Europa, among 95 known moons at Jupiter and close to our own moon in size. The spacecraft will skim as low as 16 miles (25 kilometers) above Europa ...

The map reveals how Jupiter's powerful magnetosphere influences the radiation environment around one of the gas giant's moons, Europa, which is crucial for understanding the moon's surface ...

Liftoff! NASA's Europa Clipper Sails Toward Ocean Moon of Jupiter Oct. 14, 2024 — NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with ...

A burst of solar wind triggered a planet-wide heatwave in Jupiter’s upper atmosphere, say astronomers at the University in ...

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 ...

Data captured by Juno revealed Jupiter's magnetosphere was being compressed when the spacecraft went through it. "By combining new data from NASA's Juno mission, new solar wind modelling ...

Image processing by Tanya Oleksuik CC BY NC SA 3.0 A massive solar windstorm in 2017 compressed Jupiter's magnetosphere "like a giant squash ball," a new study reports. The discovery stemmed from ...