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#exploration

2 reading cards on “exploration”, in chronological order. Part of the full archive.

  1. An artist's concept of Europa Clipper flying above Europa's icy surface.
    2026-05-07

    The Oceans of Jupiter's Moons

    Beneath the ice, an entire hydrosphere waits in silence.

    The four points of light beside Jupiter, easily seen with binoculars, are not stars. Beneath the ice of at least one of them, an ocean is waiting.

  2. Image of Io showing active volcanic plumes acquired during Galileo's ninth orbit (C9) around Jupiter
    2026-05-07

    Extraterrestrial Volcanoes

    Named after the God of Fire — and found on worlds far beyond our own.

    The conviction that Earth was the only living world geologically lasted as long as we had not looked closely. Voyager 1 ended it in three days.