Elon Musk’s aerospace firm SpaceX has been awarded a $178 million (£129 million) contract for NASA’s first mission to Europa, Jupiter’s fourth largest moon. SpaceX will provide ‘launch services’ for the Europa Clipper mission, which is due to blast off in October 2024 to study Europa through a series of fly-bys, NASA said. The spacecraft will … Read more
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have pockets of water in its icy shell that could support life, study finds Researchers studied images of features on the surface of Jupiter’s frozen moon They predict these pockets contain liquid water and saline to slow their freezing The team say these liquid pockets are about a mile beneath the … Read more
Infrared images of the gas giant Jupiter show the massive planet’s churning atmosphere like never before – beyond what we can see with the human eye. Hawaii’s Gemini North observatory and the NASA Hubble space telescope captured the largest planet in the solar system in a range of light wavelengths. The images show the planet at … Read more
Ashley Tisdale shares splendid snaps of her newborn daughter Jupiter as she shows baby’s face for the first time on Mother’s Day By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 03:00 BST, 11 May 2021 | Updated: 04:06 BST, 11 May 2021 She is one of several beautiful new celebrity moms celebrating her first official Mother’s Day … Read more
A spectacular and dramatic ultraviolet auroras on Jupiter is generated by charged particles escaping its volcanic moon Io, according to a new NASA study. The origins of the bright blue circular aurora were revealed by the NASA Juno spacecraft, which is currently studying the gas giant from orbit. The Jovian polar light show, also known as the … Read more
Jupiter’s icy moon Europa found to ‘glow in the dark’ on its far side due to being hit with relentless radiation from its parent planet NASA announced that Jupiter’s moon Europa may actually glow in the dark They found that the far side covered in darkness glows white with blue tints Experts suggest this is … Read more
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured electric blue ‘sprites’ and ‘elves’ dancing in Jupiter’s atmosphere. Such transient luminous events occur on Earth during a thunderstorm, but these are the first to be observed on another world. The bright, unpredictable flashes of lights typically form on our planet about 60 miles above large thunderstorms, creating flares that … Read more
Exotic weather on Jupiter is caused by slushy ‘mushballs’ made of water and ammonia that trigger huge storms on the gas giant, studies have revealed. Ammonia — a key ingredient in fertiliser — acts like an anti-freeze when it mixes with ice crystals, causing them to melt and in turn trigger vast storms. Images from … Read more
Artificial intelligence will help scientists search for signs of ancient life on Mars and other planets thanks to work by NASA scientists in training the system. The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosalind Franklin ‘ExoMars’ rover will be the first to have the new AI system when it leaves for the Red Planet in 2022/2023. Allowing … Read more
Artificial intelligence will help scientists search for signs of ancient life on Mars and other planets thanks to work by NASA scientists in training the system. The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosalind Franklin ‘ExoMars’ rover will be the first to have the new AI system when it leaves for the Red Planet in 2022/2023. Allowing … Read more