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NASA's Juno probe has measured the thickness of Europa's icy crust
Jan 30, 2026The icy Jovian moon has long been a place of interest for scientists due to its subterranean ocean of liquid water.
Two spacecraft are poised to fly right through the tail of 3I/ATLAS
Oct 26, 2025As luck would have it, two existing space probes happen to be perfectly positioned to investigate the object's tail.
NASA's Europa Clipper launches on mission to Jupiter's icy moon
VIDEO Oct 15, 2024The spacecraft will be trying to answer some of the most critical questions about Europa and its subsurface ocean.
New discovery adds weight to possibility of life on Europa
Sep 24, 2023Scientists have discovered the presence of one of the most crucial ingredients for life on Jupiter's icy moon.
Discovery of 12 new moons around Jupiter breaks Saturn's record
Feb 9, 2023Jupiter's status as the planet with the most moons in our solar system has now officially been restored.
Liquid pools on Europa could be home to alien life
Apr 27, 2022Scientists have discovered evidence that Jupiter's icy moon Europa is home to shallow pools near to its surface.
Scientists make surprise Antarctic life discovery
Feb 15, 2021A recent ice-boring operation has revealed the discovery of organisms living deep beneath the ice shelf.
Dwarf planet Ceres turns out to be ocean world
Aug 12, 2020Scientists have determined that Ceres, like Europa and Enceladus, is home to an ocean of liquid water.
Steam-powered bot could explore icy moons
VIDEO Jun 27, 2020Scientists have conceived of a steam-powered robotic hopper bot that could explore Europa and Enceladus.
Scientist 'almost certain' that Europa hosts life
Feb 8, 2020A leading British space scientist maintains that Jupiter's icy moon is very likely to be home to alien organisms.
Scientists have detected water vapor on Europa
Nov 22, 2019The water vapor from one of the Jovian moon's elusive plumes has been directly detected for the first time.
Europa Clipper mission gets the go-ahead
VIDEO Aug 20, 2019An ambitious endeavour to unlock the mysteries of Jupiter's moon Europa is finally moving ahead.
Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in salt
Jun 14, 2019Scientists have determined that Europa's ocean may be more like the Earth's oceans than previously thought.
Nuclear 'tunnelbot' could explore Europa
Dec 17, 2018NASA has proposed a new mission to delve deep beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa.
ET evidence may lie just under Europa's surface
Jul 24, 2018The signatures of extraterrestrial life on Jupiter's moon Europa could lie mere centimeters beneath the ice.
New evidence of geysers on Europa discovered
VIDEO May 15, 2018Decades-old data from the Galileo spacecraft has all-but confirmed the presence of geysers on Jupiter's icy moon.
Joint life-seeking Europa mission proposed
Apr 30, 2017A new proposal has been put forward to send a spacecraft to look for signs of alien life on Europa.
NASA plans to look for alien life on Europa
Feb 10, 2017Scientists are hoping to develop a mission to learn once and for all whether there is life on Europa.
New test could help seek life on other worlds
Jan 28, 2017Scientists have developed a new testing method to aid in the hunt for extraterrestrial life forms.
NASA has discovered water plumes on Europa
VIDEO Sep 27, 2016The find could make it much easier to search for evidence of extraterrestrial life in Europa's oceans.
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