Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto are, like Earth’s Moon, relatively large, spherical complex worlds. Two previous NASA missions have sent spacecraft to orbit the Jupiter system and collected ...

Europa Clipper is NASA’s bold mission to investigate whether Jupiter’s moon Europa could harbor life beneath its frozen ...

Europa is an icy moon of Jupiter and one of the four so-called Galilean moons of Jupiter. See more facts about Europa and its history here.

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.

Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and ...

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.

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.

Laboratory experiments have re-created the surface of Europa, one of the four large moons of Jupiter, with a surprising result — Europa glows in the dark. The icy surface of Europa is rich with ...

A photograph of the surface of the Jovian moon Europa. The image was taken by the Juno probe during its flyby on September 29, 2022, then processed and colorized by a citizen scientist.

Europa is a frozen moon, so at first glace, it doesn't seem like a great candidate for life. However, the thick icy crust hides a sub-glacial ocean. We know about this oceanic wonderland because ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will launch in October 2024 and arrive in late 2027 to perform about 45 flybys, in each pass photographing the moon’s icy surface in high resolution.

Under its bright, frosty shell, Jupiter’s moon Europa is thought to harbor a salty ocean, making it a world that might be one of the most habitable places in our solar system.