Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech GOLDEN, Colorado — NASA’s Europa Clipper, now en route to Jupiter, departed with less-than-satisfactory and vulnerable devices that are susceptible to Jupiter’s ...

Here are five promising places that could support life. Europa has a vast subsurface ocean covered by a layer of ice. Evidence suggests that this ocean contains liquid water in contact with rocks in ...

For NASA’s Europa Clipper, these invisible forces will be the key to reaching its target – Jupiter’s moon Europa, a world covered in ice but brimming with possibilities. Scientists have long ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Today (March 1), NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will fly past Mars, gliding just 550 miles (884 kilometers) above the Red Planet's surface. This maneuver is designed to ...

"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, 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." Today (March ...

But what exactly do we know about this mysterious world? Unlike the Moon or Mars, Europa has very few craters, indicating that its surface is constantly being renewed. The ice crust, which can be ...

NASA scientists have confirmed ... The findings can help scientists better understand the inner workings of the moon. The forthcoming Europa Clipper mission, expected to be launched in the mid-2020s, ...

Listen to Story The Mars gravity assist is the first of two planned flybys The second scheduled flyby is set to occur with Earth in December 2026 Europa Clipper is expected to arrive at Jupiter in ...

This artist's concept depicts NASA's Europa Clipper as it flies by Mars, using the planet's gravitational force to alter the spacecraft's path on its way to the Jupiter system. NASA/JPL-Caltech The ...

That's a great question. And it's a question that NASA will seek to answer with the Europa Clipper spacecraft. Europa is a moon of Jupiter. It's about the same size as Earth's Moon, but its surface ...