US EditionJuno spacecraft measures thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell
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It is one of the most fascinating worlds of our solar system. Europe, Jupiter's icy moon, has been the prime target of astrobiologists for decades. Why? Because under its frozen surface is hidden a huge ocean of liquid water, containing twice as much water as all the oceans of the Earth combined. But for [...]
NASA’s Europa Clipper Findings Challenge Decades of Assumptions About Jupiter’s Icy Moon
New data from NASA’s ongoing analysis of Jupiter’s moon Europa has forced scientists to reconsider fundamental assumptions about one of the solar system’s most promising candidates for extraterrestrial life. The space agency’s latest research suggests that Europa’s ice shell may be significantly thicker than previously estimated, a finding that carries profound implications for future exploration missions and the search for life beyond Earth. Ac…
Juno spacecraft measures thickness of Europa’s Ice Shell
New Delhi: NASA’s Juno spacecraft, the most distant operational planetary orbiter has provided a new measurement of the ice shell on the Jovian moon of Europa. Data from the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) on the spacecraft collected during a close flyby on 29 September, 2022 was used to measure the ice shell. The observations indicate that the shell averages 29 kilometres in thickness in the observed region. The observations resolve prior uncertaint…
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