Europa Clipper's 6-Year journey: A long road to unlock Jupiter's enigmatic moon
Europa Clipper's 6-Year journey: A long road to unlock Jupiter's enigmatic moon

Despite not heading directly to Jupiter, NASAs Europa Clipper mission is embarking on a six-year odyssey to explore the icy moon Europa. This extended travel time is primarily due to the spacecrafts chosen trajectory, which leverages the gravitational pull of Mars and Earth to gain the necessary...

Countdown to mission in search of alien life on Europa
Countdown to mission in search of alien life on Europa

A spacecraft is scheduled to blast-off from Florida on the hunt for signs of alien life in a few hours. Its destination is Europa, a deeply-mysterious moon orbiting solar systems biggest planet Jupiter, reports BBC. Trapped under its icy surface could be a vast ocean with double the amount of...