Europa’s “wall-demon” scar resembles lake stars on Earth, prompting researchers to investigate whether it indicates pockets of water beneath the moon’s frozen surface ...

Planet Jupiter (WHTM) Launched in 1989, the Galileo mission to explore the planet Jupiter ended on September 21, 2003, when the probe was deliberately destroyed. It happened because of one of the ...

NASA's Galileo space probe, which revolutionised scientists' understanding of Jupiter and its moons, has made its final transmission as the US space agency sent it plunging to destruction in the ...

NASA's Galileo space probe, which revolutionised scientists' understanding of Jupiter and its moons, made its last transmissions early this morning and then disintegated spectacularly in Jupiter's ...

The Galileo Jupiter atmospheric probe was part of NASA’s Galileo mission – among the agency’s most ambitious deep space missions up until then. Before the probe could become Earth’s first ever ...

WASHINGTON (voa) – One of the most remarkable chapters in the history of planetary exploration ended Sunday, September 21, 2003, at 1857 UTC when the American spacecraft Galileo plunged to its demise ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA plans to crash its $1.5 billion Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter next weekend to make sure it doesn't accidentally contaminate the planet's ice-covered moon Europa with ...

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THE Galileo space probe has sent back stunningly sharp images of Jupiter's largest moon, revealing what NASA scientists said on Wednesday is a frigid surface covered with ridges, volcanic craters and ...

PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA plans to crash its $1.5 billion Galileo spacecraft into Jupiter next weekend to make sure the probe doesn't accidentally contaminate the planet's ice-covered moon Europa with ...