New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are painting a new picture of Jupiter's moon Europa and revealing ...

We have long had a basic interest in knowing if there is life beyond our planet and how that life would function. It’s ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) scientists conducted lab experiments to address a mystery about the origins of frozen ...

There is an ocean beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa. Strange creatures could be swimming in these alien waters, but so far no missions have been sent there to investigate this ...

Scientists believe that Europa’s ocean could be as old as the moon itself, about 4 billion years or so, which would give life plenty of time and a stable environment in which to evolve, Phillips ...

Still, all is not lost for fans of Europa and the possibility of finding something amazing there (even if it's not an astronaut-munching creature as depicted in the 2013 sci-fi thriller “Europa ...

Jupiter's moon Europa, imaged here by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, harbors a huge ocean beneath its icy shell. ... There's a very real chance that tiny creatures are swimming around in the dark, ...

On Thursday, NASA’s Juno spacecraft came within 219 miles of the moon, allowing its camera, the JunoCam, to capture high-resolution images of Europa’s terrain.

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is considered one of only a few bodies in our solar system that has the potential to host some form of life. It has a ocean deep beneath a frozen crust, which like ...

NASA plans to launch Europa Clipper on Oct. 10, 2024, to conduct "detailed reconnaissance of Jupiter's moon Europa and investigate whether the icy moon could harbor conditions suitable for life." ...

That’s why we’re sending the Europa Clipper mission, which will make nearly 50 close flybys of the moon. But the spacecraft won’t just be carrying science instruments.