Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, taken from aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. (NASA/JPL) ...

The Juno probe made the closest pass in 22 years of Jupiter's icy moon Europa on Thursday (Sept. 29), providing the best view of the ocean world since the NASA's Galileo spacecraft flew by it 2000 ...

Jupiter’s moon, Europa, might have one of the best chances of supporting life in our solar system. And now, scientists at NASA have captured the closest images of the natural satellite in over ...

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.

NASA's Juno mission found that Jupiter's icy moon Europa produces 1,000 tons of oxygen every 24 hours. ... This diagram shows the subsurface ocean lurking beneath Europa's frozen crust.

Europa Clipper will face a challenge once it reaches the planet's moon — exposure to radiation, since the moon is within Jupiter’s magnetic field.

Look at this diagram of the moon on opposite sides of the Earth: Illustration: Rhett Allain. On the far side of Earth, the gravitational force from both Earth and the sun are in the same direction.

Under its bright, frosty shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa is thought to harbor a salty ocean, making it a world that might be one of the most habitable places in our solar system.

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, launched to Jupiter’s ice-covered moon on Oct. 14, 2024, carries a laser-etched message that celebrates humanity’s connection to water. The message pays ...

NASA's about to launch a huge spacecraft to a world harboring voluminous seas.. Planetary scientists suspect Jupiter's moon Europa contains an ocean at least twice the size of Earth's. The Europa ...

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 ...

New research suggests there's less oxygen on the icy surface of Jupiter's moon Europa than thought—and that could affect what if any life might be lurking in the moon's underground ocean.