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Could there be life on Europa? NASA okays mission to find out
The Wire June 19, 2015 On Thursday, NASA okayed the development of a probe to Jupiter’s moon Europa, currently planned for the mid-2020s, to investigate if it has conditions suitable for life. The milestone parallels the European Space Agency’s JUICE … Continue reading
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Tagged Dione, Enceladus, Europa, European Space Agency, Ganymede, Hyperion, Iapetus, Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, NASA Clipper, plate tectonics, Tethys
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A close encounter with the mid-sized, icy kind
In three days, NASA’s Cassini mission will fly by Saturn’s second-largest moon Rhea. While interest in the Saturnian moons has been hogged by the largest – Titan – Cassini‘s images of Rhea could provide important new information about a class of natural satellites … Continue reading
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Tagged Dione, Enceladus, Galilean moons, Imaging Science Subsystem, NASA Cassini mission, radiolysis, Rhea, surface charging, tidal warming, Titan
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