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

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

The icy surface of Jupiter 's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has ...

China has fired a precision laser across 80,778 miles (130,000 km) of space in broad daylight, bounced it off a satellite circling the Moon, and measured the return, marking the world’s first ...

In a major milestone, an experimental satellite recently carried out the world's first daytime laser-ranging test in Earth-moon space, marking a breakthrough in China's deep-space orbital precision ...

In the oceans of a moon hundreds ... the European Space Agency. Such a mission, while desirable, would face a number of hurdles, SETI's Phillips noted. At their closest, Jupiter and its moons ...

a nonprofit dedicated to protecting human heritage in outer space, I know that the Moon could be the proving ground for humanity’s evolution into a species that lives and thrives on more than ...

He and his team of NASA engineers jumped into action to help three astronauts bound for the moon. His quick thinking ... lunar landing mission, Credit...Space Frontiers/Getty Images “We would ...

We let glaciers melt over Bronze Age tools. We forget we left priceless moon junk out there in the vacuum like a toddler dropping toys in a sandbox. Space archaeologists aren’t being precious—they’re ...

A new study from the University of Ottawa uses a theory of “tired” light and coupling constants to calculate a new age of the universe—26.7 billion years. It’s hard to even fathom the ...