Jupiter's moon Europa is a prime candidate for alien life. NASA is sending its biggest interplanetary spacecraft ever to ...

In either case, the Clipper will end its voyage with a kamikaze descent to Jupiter's moon Ganymede to prevent any chance of a future uncontrolled crash on Europa that might bring earthly microbes ...

Earth might seem special in this regard but water is actually fairly abundant in our system, and Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is quickly becoming a prime candidate in the search for life.

Fluorescent cave minerals are helping scientists explore how life could survive in harsh places like Europa. Far beneath ...

Moreover, planetary models indicated that Europa's interactions with Jupiter's powerful gravity could lead to tidal flexing in the moon's interior. In short, scientists learned that Europa could ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper craft was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket, aiming to conduct its first mission to study Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa. Photo: John Raoux/AP ...

Scientists have long thought that our solar system's ocean worlds, such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, ...

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The latest candidate for hosting nearby life is Jupiter’s moon, Io ... Jupiter itself and nearby moons Europa and Ganymede. It’s possible that the small moon may have once held water, like ...

Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface ... Science won't have to wait another 30 years to find proof. NASA's Europa Clipper mission set sail last year and should ...

Even the icy planets in our solar system such as Neptune, Uranus or Jupiter's moon Europa, might have harboured plastic ice VII. NASA’s Juno spacecraft has recorded the most powerful volcanic ...