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 ...

Nasa’s Europa Clipper spacecraft will loop around Jupiter on a course that will carry it by Europa 49 times over four years ...

In approximately five billion years, as the Sun transforms into a red giant, it will engulf Earth. However, a new study ...

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

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

But a team of scientists has created a new way to answer whether aliens exist. Daniel Apai, an astrophysicist and ...

Enjoy a close conjunction of the solar system’s smallest and largest planet just days before the Full Strawberry Moon this ...

NASA’s Solar System Exploration website notes these names, rooted in Latin, persisted due to historical inertia despite varied ancient names.

The search for life beyond Earth is a key driver of modern astronomy and planetary science. The U.S. is building multiple ...

As the years go by, the chances of Europa hosting life seem to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet.