Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated ...

The icy surface of Jupiter 's moon Europa appears to be constantly changing, new data from the James Webb Space Telescope has revealed. This phenomena, the team explained, is heightened in so-called ...

Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, will do something astonishing this month. The moon will pass in front of a distant star later this month, obscuring the light of a distant star from Earth’s view.

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.

NASA has launched its Europa Clipper mission to the icy moon of Jupiter. Thought to contain an underground ocean and potentially habitable environment, Europa has long been a tantalizing target.

How Satisfying? Europa as Earth’s Moon: What’s Changed? Posted: April 30, 2025 | Last updated: April 30, 2025 "Consider the profound differences if Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, orbited Earth." ...

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.

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It’s encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more (15 kilometers to 24 kilometers) thick.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter’s tantalizing moon Europa and reveal whether its vast hidden ocean might hold the keys to life. It ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission is headed to Jupiter's moon Europa, which likely harbors a great sea. The space agency released a close-up view of the moon's tantalizing surface.

When the uncrewed orbiter reaches the moon by 2030, it will begin the task of mapping and scanning above and beneath Europa's surface to determine whether the celestial body is indeed habitable.

Europa, a moon of Jupiter, is one of the few places in our solar system where we might be able to find life. New research focused on the water plumes that spew from its surface and attempted to ...