Study Casts Doubt On Potential For Life On Jupiter's Moon Europa. Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond Earth, with ‌ ...

A test model of the Perseverance rover, designed to explore the surface of Mars, sits in a garage at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...

The gas giant will shine at its peak brilliance on Jan. 10, offering spectacular viewing opportunities all month long.

The planet will form a triangle in the sky in the constellation Gemini, with the stars Castor and Pollux. You will be able to ...

Known to possess a vast and salty ocean, the icy world was unlikely to have a seabed capable of aiding life, as it lacked the ...

Europa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth. However, new calculations suggest its seafloor may be calm, cold, and largely inactive, with little ...

Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...

On January 7, 1610, the Italian astronomer Galileo discovered three of Jupiter's moons: Callisto, Europa and Io. When he ...

As early as February, astronauts could orbit the moon aboard NASA’s Artemis 2 mission. A space expert explains why the moon ...

After passing Earth, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will fly close to Jupiter and its moon Eupheme in March 2026, marking a key moment in its outbound journey ...

On Saturday (Jan. 10), for example, we will see three satellites on one side of Jupiter (going outward from the planet: Ganymede, Io and Europa ), while the fourth ( Callisto) remains all by itself on ...

Greetings everyone! We have an unusual sky event this month to start off the new year. On Thursday, 29th of January, there will be a lunar occultation of El Nath, ...