"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

Geophysicists at Washington State University have uncovered a possible explanation for how nutrients may travel into the ...

Jupiter's fourth-largest moon is a main character in our search for other life-friendly places in our solar system.

How nutrients from Europa's icy shell reach its ocean has been unclear despite several theories.

How thick is the ice shell on Jupiter’s moon, Europa? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy hopes to ...

NASA announces a new discovery about the ice-covered water world.

A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to support contemporary life.

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

Data from NASA's Juno mission has provided new insights into the thickness and subsurface structure of the icy shell encasing ...

New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for the hopes of finding alien life within its ocean.

NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft in 2024 with the goal of investigating whether conditions favorable for life exist on Europa.

Research into Jupiter’s moons shows Io and Europa did not evolve apart but formed with opposite compositions from the beginning.