While scientists have debated for decades about the thickness of Europa's icy shell, Jupiter's icy moon, a new study finally provides a clear answer. This is an important result for ...

The search for life-supporting worlds in the solar system includes the Jovian moon Europa. Yes, it's an iceberg of a world, ...

Scientists with expertise in geophysics at Washington State University have developed an alternative pathway for the ...

A new finding of ammonia on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa could have important implications for the search for ...

Europa, one of Jupiter's moons NASA / Jet Propulsion Lab-Caltech / SETI Institute Europa is one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, and perhaps among the planet’s most famous orbiters. It’s covered in a shell of ...

If we’re going to find life on another world, Europa might just be our best bet. We think this icy moon of Jupiter has an ocean of water beneath its frozen surface, and it seems like this ocean might ...

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THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — On stage, before a silent assembly of scientists, many of whom are experts on alien worlds, planetary scientist Paul Byrne assumed his position behind the podium. He had come to ...

“How thick the ice shell is and the existence of cracks or pores within the ice shell are part of the complex puzzle for understanding Europa’s potential habitability,” said Scott Bolton, principal ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean that lurks beneath the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa? “This is a ...

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One day after launching a Starship rocket on a dramatic test flight in Texas, SpaceX fired off a Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida on Monday, sending a $5.2 billion NASA probe on a 1.8-billion-mile ...