An illustration of NASA's Europa Clipper probe above Jupiter's icy moon Europa. The spacecraft launched on Oct. 14, 2024 and will arrive at Europa in April 2030. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) ...

Europa: A little moon with a chance of life At last count, Jupiter has 95 moons, but the four main ones — Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa — were discovered in 1610 by famed Italian ...

The icy surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, has captured scientists' attention. Compounds like carbon dioxide and salt have been detected there, suggesting that an ocean could be hidden beneath ...

A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon's icy crust where an ocean is thought ...

Studying Europa's surface helps us learn more about the chances of finding life there. This moon of Jupiter is one of the best places to search for signs of life beyond Earth, making it a prime ...

The smooth, lightly scratched surface of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, photographed by the Juno spacecraft in 2022, shows no sign of what lies beneath: in all likelihood, a vast saltwater ocean.

NASA engineers have spent the past decade developing a rugged, partially autonomous lander designed to explore Europa, one of Jupiter’s most intriguing moons. The space agency got cold feet over ...

In this episode of 'Looking Up,' Dean Regas chats with Alan Stern, a planetary scientist for the New Horizons mission exploring Pluto. Listen for the latest on the mission, and behind the scenes ...

Instead, a brief window of potential habitability may open on Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, according to new research. Scientists now suggest that as the sun expands and its habitable zone shifts ...

Here's a round-up of space missions and cosmic events just around the bend in 2025. Several companies will attempt moon landings for NASA.