For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life. NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft (illustrated here with Jupiter in the ...

“We think that ocean worlds might actually be a common type of world outside of our ... not going to get to see that Europa submarine, but hopefully my kids or maybe my grandkids will.” ...

Morgan L. Cable, who has a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Caltech, has multiple team leadership roles on the Europa ...

Radiolab's Lulu Miller hosts a science podcast for kids called "Terrestrials," and she set out to find the answer. LULU MILLER: The spacecraft headed for Jupiter's moon is called the Europa Clipper.

Europa Clipper will serve as NASA’s first spacecraft dedicated to studying an ice-covered ocean world in our solar system ... will allow the spacecraft to map nearly the entire moon.

“It’s a chance for us to explore not a world that might ... cameras that will map virtually the entire moon and tools to tease out the contents of Europa’s surface and tenuous atmosphere.

If all goes well, the Europa Clipper will brake into orbit around Jupiter in April 2030, setting up 49 close flybys of the frigid moon Europa, an ice-covered world ... that will map about 90% ...

has multiple team leadership roles on the Europa Clipper probe recently launched by NASA’s JPL, and helped create its spectrometer, which will map Europa’s surface and search for organics ...

NASA has just launched a mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. A NASA scientist answers kid's questions about the mission and its goals.