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 ...

Europa, one of Jupiter’s largest moons, is a frozen world with a subsurface ocean. It intrigues scientists as a possible home ...

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 ...

Explore NASA's cancelled Europa mission and learn why Europa is a key target in the search for extraterrestrial life.

A series of experiments led by Southwest Research Institute's Dr. Ujjwal Raut support spectral data recently collected by the ...

The ice on the surface of Jupiter's massive moon Europa is constantly changing, hinting at the presence of a subsurface ocean ...

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 ...

Jupiter’s rule of the evening sky is coming to a close. Catch some action there while you can, shortly after sunset this ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet ... moon system was a motivator for this latest moon searching mission. With Saturn’s high number of small moons ...