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Europa Clipper Mission: Unlocking the Water World of Jupiter's Moon

The Europa Clipper mission, a NASA-led exploration initiative, aims to investigate Jupiter's icy moon Europa, a prime candidate in the search for extraterrestrial life due to its subsurface ocean beneath a thick layer of ice. Scheduled for launch in late 2024, the mission is designed to conduct a series of 49 close flybys over four years, utilizing advanced scientific instruments to analyze the moon's surface and subsurface characteristics. By assessing the moon's habitability, researchers hope to uncover whether conditions suitable for life exist on Europa, which may significantly enhance our understanding of ocean worlds within our solar system and beyond. The mission's scientific objectives include mapping Europa's ice shell, analyzing its composition, and detecting potential geological activity such as cryovolcanism. These investigations are critical in determining if the moon can support life, given that it is believed to harbor essential ingredients like liqui...

The happiest movement of Galileo's life - Discovery of Jupiter's Moons

Galileo Galilei is a name in history who has made many big discoveries in astronomy and has also contributed to space research and physics. Galileo loved studying stars and the solar system, but before 1608 there was no such thing as a telescope. Then Galileo used to sit on the ground and draw the location of the planets on the ground, and then he also found out their speed of rotation. Galileo was already a brilliant student. The first telescope was invented in the year 1608 by HANS LIPPERSHEY who first patented his telescope in the Netherlands, and this was the first mention of a telescope. He said "For seeing things far away, as if they were nearby". Its actual inventor is not known but this line became popular all over Europe. Galileo Galilei , a famous person of that time who used to study stars and planets and had a great interest in geometry, also read this news. He also wanted to make a similar telescope through which he could study the planets. At that time, telesc...