Earth not only does not support diverse ecosystems, but it also has places that serve as analogs for other celestial worlds ...

Jupiter's moon Europa is a prime candidate for alien life. NASA is sending its biggest interplanetary spacecraft ever to ...

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

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

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 ...

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching ...

Traub said Europa Clipper is a vital step in exploring the solar system beyond Earth and nearby planets like Mars. “We’ll look for any signs of potential life,” Traub said. “And when I ...

The goal is to reach Europa, the smallest of the planet's four Galilean moons, in April 2030, as part of the first mission specifically designed to study the under 2,000-mile-across space rock.

Europa Clipper will be closest to the Red Planet at 12:57 p.m. EST, approaching it at about 15.2 miles per second (24.5 kilometers per second) relative to the sun. For about 12 hours prior and 12 ...

"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 ...