Chaos reigns in detailed new views of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa

[ad_1] A region of Europa’s surface dubbed Chaos Transition shows messy blocks on the left and long ridges on the right. (Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SETI Institute) Scientists have gotten their best look to date at three chaotic patches on the icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa thanks to decade-old images from a … Read more

NASA recovers stunning ‘chaotic’ terrain from Jupiter’s moon Europa

[ad_1] NASA has reprocessed photos of Jupiter’s moon Europa that had been captured by its Galileo spacecraft in the 1990s. (Photo: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SETI Institute)Details in this gallery of three recently reprocessed images of Europe are visible in the variety of features on the moon’s icy surface. This image from an area called … Read more

NASA approaches the puzzling ‘chaos terrain’ of Jupiter’s moon Europa

[ad_1] NASA reprocessed Galileo’s images of Europe and came up with this beauty. NASA / JPL-Caltech / SETI Institute Jupiter’s funky moon Europa represents one of our best shots to find signs of life beyond Earth in our solar system. NASA will send a future mission to study frozen Europe, but in the meantime we … Read more

NASA goes private for first astronaut moon landers in decades

[ad_1] NASA is turning to private industry for the first astronaut lunar landers in half a century, with three competing and highly contrasting versions. Jim Bridenstine administrator announced on Thursday the three companies that will develop, build, and fly lunar landers, aiming to return astronauts to the moon in 2024 and finally to Mars. The … Read more