Tag: Europa
April 18, 2025
Scientific Instrument Developed by UTIG Scientists Headed to Europa
Among the instruments the spacecraft is carrying is a moon-imaging radar sounder named REASON that was developed by researchers at The University of Texas at…
Read MoreOctober 13, 2024
NASA Europa Mission Set to Launch with UT Austin Instrument to Explore Jupiter’s Ocean World
One of the great mysteries of the solar system is whether the ingredients for life exist below the surface of Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa….
Read MoreAugust 15, 2022
Underwater Snow Gives Clues About Europa’s Icy Shell
Below Europa’s thick icy crust is a massive, global ocean where the snow floats upwards onto inverted ice peaks and submerged ravines. The bizarre underwater…
Read MoreMarch 24, 2022
On Jupiter’s Moon Europa, ‘Chaos Terrains’ Could be Shuttling Oxygen to Ocean
Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa could be transporting oxygen into an ice-covered ocean of liquid water where it could potentially…
Read MoreNovember 10, 2020
Researchers Model Source of Eruption on Jupiter’s Moon Europa
A new model shows how brine on Jupiter’s moon Europa can migrate within the icy shell to form pockets of salty water that erupt to…
Read MoreApril 12, 2018
Newly Discovered Salty Subglacial Lakes Could Help Search for Life in Solar System
Researchers from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) have helped discover the first subglacial lakes ever found in the Canadian High Arctic. The two…
Read MoreJuly 14, 2015
From the Forty Acres to Pluto: Longhorns in Space
Astronomers, scientists and those who dream of space are all eagerly watching as a NASA spacecraft flies three billion miles from Earth near the edges…
Read MoreJune 1, 2015
Radar Techniques Used in Antarctica Will Scour Europa for Life-Supporting Environments
When a NASA spacecraft sets off to explore Jupiter’s icy moon Europa to look for the ingredients of life, radar equipment designed to pierce the…
Read MoreDecember 3, 2013
Model Suggests Ocean Currents Shape Europa’s Icy Shell in Ways Critical for Potential Habitats
AUSTIN, Texas — In a finding of relevance to the search for life in our solar system, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s…
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