The icy surface of Jupiter 's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. This phenomena, the team explained, is heightened in so-called ...

New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar system.

The Europa Clipper launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Ahead of the Clipper is a six-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey to ...

Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated ...

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It’s encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

It is expected to reach Jupiter in April 2030 to study Europa, the icy-surfaced moon, which is roughly the size of Earth’s moon and thought to have “ingredients for life,” such as water ...

Scientists think there is an ocean within Jupiter's moon Europa. NASA-JPL astrobiologist Kevin Hand explains why scientists ...

What landing sites on Jupiter’s moon, Europa, would be the most ideal for searching for life on the small moon? This is what a recent study published | Space ...

To make these lander missions happen, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory team has been working on a robot that could handle the search for life and already tested it on the Matanuska Glacier in Alaska. ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...