Through a vast ocean, Jupiter's moon Europa is an exciting target for research in the search for life. Two space probes are ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper is now soaring towards Jupiter to look for an environment that could support extraterrestrial life. The spacecraft is the largest NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission.

Turn a telescope to the eastern sky in the hours following midnight on Nov. 5 to see two colossal shadows darken the cloud ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy ...

Steam poured from beneath the Falcon Heavy rocket, quickly followed by bright propulsion as it rose into the clear Florida sky Monday, launching its spacecraft on a more than five year journey to ...

A laser-based ice drill can bore deep, narrow channels into ice while keeping both mass and energy requirements lower than ...

Moons like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus may hold the ingredients for alien life, with NASA missions set to investigate.

On the early hours of November 5, Jupiter's moons Io and Europa will cast their shadows over the planet's cloud surface, visible through a telescope.

The Earth's Moon is its only one, but scientists recently discovered a new celestial body that will be staying near the planet for the next several decades.

(Top to bottom) Surface crack patterns on three different worlds: Mars, Europa, and Earth that reveal how fractures form under vastly different environmental conditions. Penn geophysicist Douglas ...