... Images from Galileo's first two close encounters with Europa seem to confirm earlier theories that Europa's surface is very young: very few craters are seen, some sort of activity is obviously occurring. ...
... To scale, this intriguing illustration compares that hypothetical ball of all the water on Europa to the size of Europa itself (left) - and similarly to all the water on planet Earth . ...
... The movie shows Europa during a complete rotation, which corresponds to a complete revolution around Jupiter since Europa always keeps the same face toward the giant planet. ...
... To test speculation that these seas hold life, NASA and ESA have started preliminary development of the Europa Jupiter System Mission , a spacecraft proposed for launch around 2020 that would further explore Jupiter and in particular Europa. ...
... To test speculation that these seas hold life, ESA and NASA have together started preliminary development of the Europa Jupiter System Mission , a spacecraft proposed to better study Europa. ...
... To test speculation that these seas hold life, ESA has started preliminary development of the Jovian Europa Orbiter , a spacecraft proposed to orbit Europa. ...
... 2013 December 15 . Gibbous Europa . Image Credit: Galileo Project , JPL , NASA ; Copyright: reprocessed by Ted Stryk . ... In fact, this gibbous phase shows part of Jupiter 's moon Europa . ...
... Galileo's Europa Remastered . Image Credit: NASA , JPL-Caltech , SETI Institute , Cynthia Phillips , Marty Valenti . ... in the late 1990s, the Galileo spacecraft recorded stunning views of Europa and uncovered evidence that the moon's icy surface ...
... While these and other details of Europa's surface formations remain mysterious, the general results of Galileo's exploration of Europa have supported the idea that an ocean of liquid water lies beneath the cracked and frozen crust. ...
... While these and other details of Europa's surface formations remain mysterious, the general results of Galileo's exploration of Europa have supported the idea that an ocean of liquid water lies beneath the cracked and frozen crust. ...