The icy surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, has captured scientists' attention. Compounds like carbon dioxide and salt ...

New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar ...

In approximately 4.5 billion years, as the sun transforms into a red giant and engulfs Earth, Jupiter's moon Europa may offer ...

Clipper will reach the ice-covered Jovian moon Europa ... on Jupiter’s moons after it arrives in 2031. I’m a planetary scientist who studies the structure and evolution of solid planets ...

People always want to know what will happen to Earth when the sun eventually swells up as a red giant. For one thing, the ...

A spacecraft that will study one of Jupiter’s moons launched Monday ... according to NASA. Europa Clipper will face a challenge once it reaches the planet's moon — exposure to radiation ...

A NASA mission to explore a Jupiter moon believed to be ... a 1.8 billion-mile journey to Europa on a trajectory taking it past Mars and then Earth, using the planets’ gravity as a slingshot ...

The fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, Europa is an icy celestial body teeming with enigma and intrigue. Though Europa is slightly smaller than Earth’s own moon and barely one-quarter ...

But Europa isn't Jupiter's only moon — far from it ... Jupiter isn't the only planet in the solar system with myriad moons. For decades, it has vied with its neighboring gas giant Saturn ...

Four tiny specks of light close by the giant planet are the biggest of the Jupiter ... neighbouring moons. The next moon out is named after Io’s great-great-granddaughter, Europa.

READ MORE Its massive solar panels make Clipper the biggest craft built by NASA to investigate another planet ... moons One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon.

I’m a planetary scientist who studies the structure and evolution of solid planets and moons in the ... Warmth from Europa’s interior and tidal energy from Jupiter likely maintain a massive liquid ...