Jupiter steals the spotlight in January as it reaches its brightest and biggest appearance of the year. The month also ...

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

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

New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for ...

On Jan. 10, 2026, Jupiter reaches opposition, the moment when Earth passes directly between the planet and the sun. It puts ...

Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...

Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

Nasa's hunt for life on Jupiter's ice moon Europa is "likely" to be in vain, as any sign of life is looking increasingly ...

On Jan. 10, Jupiter will shine at its brightest and largest in 2026, rising at sunset and glowing in the sky until sunrise ...

On January 23, skywatchers will witness a beautiful conjunction of Saturn and the Moon. During a conjunction, celestial bodies appear close together in the sky, although they are actually far apart in ...

New research suggests Jupiter’s moon Europa may lack seafloor activity needed for life, despite its vast subsurface ocean and ...

On Saturday (Jan. 10), for example, we will see three satellites on one side of Jupiter (going outward from the planet: Ganymede, Io and Europa ), while the fourth ( Callisto) remains all by itself on ...