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

Astronomers have uncovered new evidence that Jupiter’s moon Callisto likely harbors a massive underground ocean, potentially ...

Even the icy planets in our solar system such as Neptune, Uranus or Jupiter's moon Europa, might have harboured plastic ice ...

When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...

NASA has been preparing for their Europa Clipper mission since 2013, when the mission’s pre-project was approved. The spacecraft is roughly the length of a basketball court, making it the ...

During the Chandra’s Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE), the spacecraft took the first measurements of this kind ...

The flowing water likely wraps around a solid rocky core. If true, that would make Callisto a close sibling to Europa, another moon of Jupiter. Though the existence of an ocean remains ...

including complex chemicals and water, so the Europa Clipper is tasked with decoding the habitability conditions of this Jovian moon. In doing so, it will help scientists better plan for missions ...

Three key ingredients are needed for life as we know it: essential elements like carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur; an energy source, and liquid water. Though Europa is only the size of our own moon ...

It’s possible that the small moon may have once held water, like Europa or Ganymede, as ice was once common in its part of the solar system. However, a combination of radiation from Jupiter and ...

More pocked with craters than any other object in our solar system, Jupiter's outermost and second-biggest Galilean moon ... Europa, another moon of Jupiter—may encase a salty, liquid water ...