If the mantle-ocean boundary is active, then Europa has three of the four needed-for-life boxes checked. There's water, there's energy, and there's physics.

During the 2012 DEEPSEA CHALLENGE expedition to the deepest part of the ocean, scientists spotted fuzzy mats that may be communities of bacteria clinging to the rocks. Because they don’t rely on ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system and the fifth planet out from the sun, orbiting the sun at a distance of 5.2 astronomical units (1AU equals the average distance from Earth to sun ...

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

For Europa, the closest analogs we can find are the deep-sea hydrothermal vents. These are fissures in the ocean floor where super-heated, mineral-rich gases escape into the ocean.

Only the ‘bunker-buster’ possessed by the US, capable of penetrating to a depth of 60 meters, could hit the Fordow uranium ...

For many years, scientists at NASA have been investigating the possibility of sending a lander of some type to either Enceladus or Europa—both have icy crusts that cover a liquid-water ocean.

However, northern and southern latitudes on the anti-Jupiter side of Europa will have a more modest rate of water loss. The researchers found that this could provide a tenuous atmosphere of water ...

The presence of crystalline ice on the surface, along with compounds like salt and CO2, could indicate that water from the ocean is interacting with the surface more than previously thought.</p ...

Nottingham Forest are on alert as they could reportedly yet qualify for next season's UEFA Europa League as Premier League rivals Crystal Palace face a potential European ban. Forest ended the ...

And championing international cooperation on the Ocean. Third, for Europe, the Ocean is now a scientific mission. To harness huge opportunities, foster innovation, boost competitiveness and achieve ...