Enceladus is a moon around Saturn. We thought it was so weird that it had volcanoes that spewed ice instead of lava. Now scientists think that there might be a liquid ocean underneath that ice layer, like Europa.
A comet is a mix of rocky material, water ice, and a variety of other ingredients (as pictured here). Try out making some different comets and launch them into orbit around the Sun!
Voyager was launched shortly before I was born and has now left the solar system. There is a lot of empty space between stars, so it doesn’t have much to take pictures of right now.
The first Star Trek movie ever made was about what might happen to Voyager if it keeps going on and on and learning more and more… not exactly realistic, but interesting.
Jupiter’s moon Io, the most volcanically active place in the solar system.
Top 5 Reasons Europa Rocks!
Aliens of the Deep and Mission to Europa – explains how it’s possible for life to exist away from the Sun’s energy. Could one of Jupiter’s moons also contain life?
A futuristic, fictional look at what exploration of Europa might look like.
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