Europa passes through Jupiter’s bands of radiation as it orbits the ... NASA’s Galileo spacecraft had repeated flybys of the ...

Earth might seem special in this regard but water is actually fairly abundant in our system, and Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is quickly becoming a prime candidate in the search for life.

NASA's Europa Clipper mission has made significant progress with the successful deployment of its magnetometer boom, a key step in its exploration of Jupiter's moon Europa. The magnetometer boom ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper craft was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket, aiming to conduct its first mission to study Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa. Photo: John Raoux/AP ...