In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have traveled to distant locations — Antarctica and its ice sheets, Chile and ...

Scientists suspect that beneath Europa’s icy crust is a giant ocean of liquid water. They launched a spacecraft to ...

Despite not heading directly to Jupiter, NASA's Europa Clipper mission is embarking on a six-year odyssey to explore the icy moon Europa. This extended travel time is primarily due to the spacecraft's ...

Nasa’s mission to a Galilean moon of Jupiter that’s encrusted in a thick shell of ice will let us know if its bulky ocean has ...

Europa is considered one of the solar system's most promising spots to search for life beyond Earth. Read more at ...

The spacecraft must navigate the vast distance between Earth and Jupiter, which is approximately 779 million kilometers at its closest approach.

Europa Clipper is the first mission designed to conduct a detailed study of Jupiter's moon Europa. It will travel about 2.9 ...

On Tuesday, Oct. 15, SpaceX launched its 100th rocket this year, then sent its 101st aloft two hours later, both in their ...

The Europa Clipper mission will only be able to do a low fly-by of Europa for a couple of hours every three weeks, because longer immersion in Jupiter’s huge radiation zone would fry its electronics.