Tag Archives: Ganymede
A new map of Titan
It’s been a long time since I’ve obsessed over Titan, primarily because after the Cassini mission ended, the pace of updates about Titan died down, and because other moons of the Solar System (Europa, Io, Enceladus, Ganymede and our own) … Continue reading
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Tagged Cassini mission, Chandrayaan 2, Chandrayaan 3, complex hydrocarbons, Enceladus, Europa, Ganymede, geomorphology, global map, habitability, hydrocarbons, Io, NASA Dragonfly, Saturn, sharp-edged depressions, synthetic aperture radar, Titan, topography
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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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