NSN Webinar: Jupiter’s moon Europa, and what NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will investigate upon arrival in 2030 with Dr. Bonnie Buratti
Join NASA’s Night Sky Network on Wednesday, September 25, at 6:00 PM Pacific Time (9:00 PM Eastern) with Dr. Bonnie Buratti where we’ll learn more about Jupiter’s moon Europa, and what NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will investigate upon arrival in 2030.
Europa is one of the four moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo in 1610. It almost certainly harbors a salty ocean underneath a thick ice crust. This ocean has all the requirements for a habitable zone where primitive life could potentially thrive: liquid water, energy in the form of chemical potentials, and organic molecules. Although Europa Clipper isn’t a life-detection mission, it is NASA’s first detailed exploration of an ocean world with an overarching goal of searching for a habitable zone. It will also study the geology, interior, and composition of Europa.
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