3 days ago · 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.

Oct 12, 2024 · With a spacecraft launching soon, the mission will try to answer the question of whether there are ingredients suitable for life in the ocean below Europa’s icy crust.

4 days ago · Beneath Europa's icy shell lies an ocean vaster than Earth's. But is its hidden world buzzing with life, or silent as the grave? New study reveals answers.

4 days ago · Scientists thought a planet in our solar system could support life. But new study changes that Jupiter’s moon Europa may be less hospitable to life than scientists once hoped

4 days ago · New research casts doubt on the prospects for a habitable, active environment beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.

5 days ago · Europa’s ocean may be vast and mysterious—but beneath the ice, it could be eerily quiet and lifeless. Jupiter is surrounded by nearly 100 known moons, but Europa stands apart. Covered in …

Oct 14, 2024 · An artist’s concept of NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft swooping over Jupiter’s icy ocean-bearing moon Europa, a hot spot in humanity’s epochal search for alien life.

Sep 22, 2023 · NASA 's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed homemade carbon dioxide on Jupiter's icy moon Europa, raising the possibility that the frigid waterworld could host life.

Oct 4, 2024 · For decades, planetary scientists have pointed to ocean worlds like Europa as potential habitats for life. Europa Clipper cannot detect life directly, but it marks humanity’s first...

Feb 19, 2024 · For these reasons, Europa has captivated planetary scientists interested in the geophysics of alien worlds. All that water and energy—and hints of elements essential for building …