New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter's moon Europa and revealing ...

Ongoing surface modification on Jupiter's moon Europa uncovered Latest data indicate that material from Europa's subsurface ocean is interacting with charged particles at its surface Date: May 28 ...

A long-standing mystery about the presence of hydrogen peroxide on Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa may be closer to being ...

For the past couple of decades, scientists have thought that Europa's surface was covered by a very thin layer of amorphous ice protecting crystalline ice beneath this upper veneer (~ 0.5 mm depths).

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 ...

Though Europa is slightly smaller than Earth’s own moon and barely one-quarter the diameter of Earth, beneath its cracked, ridged surface is a vast salty ocean that could be up to 100 miles deep ...

This passed too far away from Europa to get a detailed picture, but the mission did note some variations in albedo (brightness) on the moon's surface. Pioneer 11 (1974 flyby of Jupiter system).

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying NASA's Europa Clipper space probe launches from Kennedy Space Center on Oct. 14, 2024, on a mission to orbit Jupiter and study its icy moon, Europa, for signs ...

The uncanny resemblance between features on Europa's frozen surface and a landform in Greenland that sits atop a sizable pocket of water are providing intriguing new indications that this moon of ...

Jupiter's second-largest moon has more impact craters on its surface than any other planetary body in the solar system, and it has tons of ice on its surface as well.

Renewed interest in Europa’s potential to harbor life stems from a new study about the peculiar moon. The subject of curiosity is the giant ridges that criss-cross the planet’s surface like ...