NASA's mission to send a spacecraft to scour Jupiter's moon Europa for signs of life appears back on track after Hurricane ...

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

The Europa Clipper cost is estimated to be around $5 billion. This mission aims to investigate Europa’s potential for ...

WASHINGTON -- Scientists said they have found evidence of water in the atmosphere of Jupiter's icy moon "Europa." NASA said its Hubble space telescope observed the presence of persistent water vapor ...

In a landmark observation by a team of international researchers, NASA's Juno spacecraft has, for the first time, clearly ...

It's called the Europa Clipper, and by all accounts it is the largest spacecraft NASA ever designed for planetary exploration. After it was launched in October 2024 on board a SpaceX Falcon Heavy ...

In the 1990s, NASA's Galileo spacecraft discovered a secondary magnetic field on Europa, suggesting the presence of a salty ocean beneath its ice. Europa is continually pulled by Jupiter's immense ...

A long-standing mystery about the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) on Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa may be closer to being solved. Hydrogen peroxide forms as a byproduct when energetic particles ...

Io, Europa and Ganymede had already shown their footprints through earlier observations. But Callisto, the farthest Galilean ...

On Sept. 21, 2003, NASA's Galileo mission to Jupiter and its moons came to an end. After 14 years of exploration, the Galileo ...

Jupiter will make its closest approach to Earth in 59 years on Monday, according to NASA. The largest planet in our solar system, the gas giant will be at opposition, meaning Earth is directly between ...