Nicknamed 'Punctum,' this puzzling phenomenon is highly energetic, but is only seen in millimeter-wavelength light and cannot be explained by any known object.
On October 14th, 2024, NASA's Europa Clipper mission began its long journey to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. On March 1st, the probe reached Mars, where it conducted a gravity-assist maneuver. While orbiting the Red Planet, mission controllers back on Earth took the opportunity to test the probe's Radar for Europa Assessment and Sounding: Ocean to Near-surface (REASON). Once it reaches Europa, Clipper will use this radar instrument to probe beneath the moon's icy sheet and search for pockets of water that could lie within.

