Europas

NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveals dynamic shifts on Europa’s frozen surface

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Jupiter’s moon Europa was captured by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during the mission’s short flight on September 29, 2022. The images show the fractures, ridges and bands that criss-cross the moon’s surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI /MSSS, Björn Jónsson (CC BY 3.0) NASA‘s Juno has provided images supporting the theory of true polar wandering … Read more

Europa’s icy crust floats ‘freely’ over moon’s hidden ocean, new Juno images suggest

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On September 29, 2022, NASA’s Juno spacecraft made its closest flyby of Europa, coming within 355 kilometers of the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon. The close-up view of Europa revealed incredible details of the moon’s chaotic terrain, suggesting the icy crust is not where it once was. The images also showed a newly discovered feature … Read more