The cracked surface of Europa, newly colorized. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Orion Moon Europa Clipper might be in launch limbo thanks to Hurricane Milton, but NASA is still building hype around the ...

Europa Clipper is not designed to detect life itself, and the mission is unlikely to find direct evidence of living organisms. But by studying the moon’s chemical composition, geologic activity ...

New analysis has found a source of carbon within Europa, Jupiter's moon that is believed to hold massive amounts of liquid water. This view of the moon was created from images taken by NASA's ...

The moon is believed to be encrusted with a 10-to-15-mile-thick ice shell. Sunlight cannot penetrate more than a few meters. Europa’s surface temperatures at its equator at midday never rise ...

On Oct. 2, NASA shared the view below, which was taken from data gathered by the Galileo mission in 1998. It shows a close-up of Europa's chaotic landscape, which is evidence that something below ...

Sharpest Earth-based images of Europa and Ganymede reveal their icy landscape The images provide new insights into the chemical composition of two of Jupiter’s moons.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. Monday, beginning a nearly six-year, 1.8-billion-mile voyage to Jupiter, where it will study the frozen moon Europa, scanning below its ...

Europa is an icy ocean world—and NASA is finally going to explore it. For the first time, NASA is journeying to this mysterious moon to determine if it might be able to host alien life.

Floating above the landscape and viewable at all times, this is a vast levitating city that apparently holds the last of humanity on Europa. To find out answers about what happened on this strange ...

The moon is considered a good candidate for possibly hosting alien life. It will be the target of NASA's upcoming Europa Clipper mission , set to launch in 2024. Juno's work is giving scientists a ...

Europa Clipper might be in launch limbo thanks to Hurricane Milton, but NASA is still building hype around the mission. Before the agency sends Europa Clipper to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon, it ...

Science | October 14, 2024. NASA Launches Europa Clipper to Search for Signs of Life on Jupiter’s Moon. The huge spacecraft is headed toward the icy moon Europa, where it will use an array of ...