A decade ago, audiences were treated to an adventure into the far reaches of our solar system. Six astronauts board a state of the art spacecraft on an exploratory mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa, in ...

As the years go by, the chances of Europa hosting life seem to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet. Europa is simply full of surprises. We're talking about the second moon of Jupiter, ...

As far as candidates for nearby worlds that may contain life, Jupiter's frosty moon Europa is one tantalizing place for scientists to look. Astrobiologists speculate that alien life forms could reside ...

This color composite view combines violet, green, and infrared images of Jupiter’s intriguing moon, Europa, for a view of the moon in natural color (left) and in enhanced color designed to bring out ...

The best places in our solar system to search for life beyond Earth aren’t planets like Mars – they’re icy moons like Europa. The case for life on this watery world just got stronger, as the James ...

How deep will future landers to Jupiter’s moon, Europa, and Saturn’s moon, Enceladus have to dig to find organic molecules aka the building blocks of life? This is what a recent study published in ...

While NASA’s much-lauded Space Launch System stands ready for its maiden flight later this month with the goal of sending astronauts back to the Moon in the next few years, our gazes once again turn ...

Image: Life below the ice at New Harbor in Antarctica, about 130 feet deep. Sponges, crinoids, scallops, snails, fish and many microorganisms thrive in this freezing environment. (Jere Lipps/UC ...

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Europa’s ice-covered ocean contains a key ingredient for life, and the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just spotted it splashed across the surface of the little moon’s jagged ice. Observations with ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission passed a key milestone review with flying colors and is now approved to proceed toward launch on schedule in a few weeks following a technical scare, officials told ...