While scientists have debated for decades about the thickness of Europa's icy shell, Jupiter's icy moon, a new study finally provides a clear answer. This is an important result for ...

Scientists with expertise in geophysics at Washington State University have developed an alternative pathway for the ...

A new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for ...

The search for life-supporting worlds in the solar system includes the Jovian moon Europa. Yes, it's an iceberg of a world, ...

If we’re going to find life on another world, Europa might just be our best bet. We think this icy moon of Jupiter has an ocean of water beneath its frozen surface, and it seems like this ocean might ...

Europa, one of Jupiter's moons NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute Europa is one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, and perhaps among the planet’s most famous orbiters. It’s covered in a shell of ...

627 million km (390 million mi) from Earth, underneath the cold seas of Europa, a horrifying, and vastly intelligent creature lurks. Can our human minds even comprehend such an alien creature? It ...

Scientists focus on Europa's salty subsurface ocean Spacecraft will take 5-1/2 years to reach Europa Probe was launched on SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket Oct 14 (Reuters) - NASA launched a spacecraft from ...

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 the ...