Europa is an icy ocean world—and NASA is finally going to explore it. For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life.

The cracked surface of Europa, newly colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Orion Moon Europa Clipper might be in launch limbo thanks to Hurricane Milton, but NASA is still building hype around the ...

Besides Juno, which swung past Europa at a distance of 352 km, the only other probe to get close to the moon was NASA’s Galileo—and that was more than two decades ago.

A NASA spacecraft is about to commence a six-year journey to the Jupiter moon of Europa to undertake the historic task of searching the icy ocean world for signs that it could sustain life.. Years ...

Jupiter sets record after 12 new moons discovered 00:14. Europa, one of Jupiter's 95 moons, generates 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Monday.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. Monday, beginning a nearly six-year, 1.8-billion-mile voyage to Jupiter, where it will study the frozen moon Europa, scanning below its ...

Europa Clipper will face a challenge once it reaches the planet's moon — exposure to radiation, since the moon is within Jupiter’s magnetic field.

Well, this is very cool news: Astronomers have pretty much confirmed the presence of sodium chloride — table salt — on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa! This is cool for many reasons ...

Jupiter’s moon, Europa, might have one of the best chances of supporting life in our solar system. And now, scientists at NASA have captured the closest images of the natural satellite in over ...

The goal for Europa Clipper, which will reach Jupiter's orbit in 2030, is to see if life is possible on Jupiter's moon Europa.

Scientists believe the moon's water, chemistry and energy could support life. Marking the latest foray into space exploration, NASA has launched its first mission to explore Jupiter's moon, Europa ...

Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, will do something astonishing this month. The moon will pass in front of a distant star later this month, obscuring the light of a distant star from Earth’s view.