Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life.

Today (March 1), NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will ... The probe's destination is Europa, a moon of Jupiter coated with a shell of ice that conceals a vast, presumably salty ocean.

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself as it makes its way to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week. The craft launched from the agency's ...

Tense, public squabbles between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and NASA have stirred the space industry, but behind the scenes, space ...

Scientists have long thought that our solar system's ocean worlds, such as Jupiter's moon Europa and Saturn's moon Enceladus, ...

Europa is the sixth largest satellite in our Solar System and the smallest of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons. Discovered by ...

Traub, a graduate of Sherrard High School and an engineer for NASA, is returning to the ... The probe was launched Oct. 14, 2024, to explore Jupiter’s moon Europa, one of few planetary bodies ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

The goal of the mission is to circle one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, 50 times and take data and pictures to send back to NASA. Scientists believe the icy surface gives way to oceans that have ...

NASA engineer Rayme Traub, from Sherrard, will discuss his scientific contributions as part of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s event ...

flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to build up the energy we need to get to Jupiter and Europa," Ben Bradley, Europa Clipper mission planner at NASA's Jet Propulsion ...