NASA's Europa Clipper mission, featuring SwRI’s MASPEX and UVS instruments, seeks to uncover clues about life-supporting ...

This instrument will also look for plumes of water vapor spraying up through vents in the surface; these jets have previously been detected by the Hubble Space Telescope. Europa's water plumes ...

For one, astrobiologists need to make sure Europa has plumes, which are vents of water and other material erupting out from beneath the surface. Confirmed plumes would be a sign that Europa is a ...

A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Nasa launched the spacecraft at 12:06 local time (16:06 GMT) after ...

Plumes could spout the ocean’s contents ... By studying the chemistry of Europa’s surface ice and subsurface water directly, scientists will be able to determine whether its ocean could ...

REASON will also map Europa's surface topography and composition and look for water plumes emerging from the ice. Dustin Schroeder, associate professor of geophysics and of electrical engineering ...

And if there are active plumes venting particles into ... if you like, on Europa where there’s evidence of liquid water not far below the surface, and evidence of organics on the surface ...

This artist’s concept (not to scale) depicts what Europa’s internal structure could look like: an outer shell of ice, perhaps with plumes of material venting from beneath the surface; a deep, global ...

Europe's dominant feature is its vast salty ocean contained under a thick ice crust, which sometimes escapes through vast water plumes. NASA scientists will use Europa Clipper's instruments to ...

Europa Clipper will map the surface of the moon using its nine onboard instruments, looking for water plumes. The spacecraft will have to move quickly to avoid too much exposure to Jupiter's ...