Europa

Subsurface of Jupiter's moon Europa might have supported microbial life in the past

Europa has an ocean hidden beneath a thick shell of ice and has long has been viewed as a potential habitat for life, alongside Mars and Saturn’s moon Enceladus.

Chandrayaan 2: Failure is part of the 'big game', shouldn't discourage the science community, says NASA-JPL CTO

The NASA JPL Chief emphasised a familiar statistic quotes at the time of Vikram's planned landing — 40% of moons missions in last 60 years have failed.

Scientists detect water vapor rising from geysers on Jupiter's moon Europa

Under Europa's icy surface is a salty ocean that contains twice as much water than that on earth.

NASA's Juno spacecraft captures ominous images of black spot on Jupiter's surface

Before you start sputtering about HAL 9000, monoliths and Europa, that's Io's shadow we're looking at.

Yellow expanse of table salt spotted on the surface of Jupiter's Moon Europa

Europa's surface appears to be in covered in a layer of salty liquid water under its icy shell.

Nuclear-powered ‘tunnelbot’ to search for signs of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa

Europa has been studied, but never sampled because of Europa's thick and dense ice shelf.

Jupiter's moon Europa detailed in a thermal and geologic map of its icy surface

Among the key findings from the map was a cold spot in Europa's Northern Hemisphere.

Giant ice spikes on Europa's surface could make future landings treacherous: Study

Europa's surface resembles a forest of sharp, jagged ice spikes, some towering 50-feet-high: Study.

Jupiter's moon Ganymede is 'whistling', surrounded by powerful plasma waves

The 'whistle' was over 1 million times as intense as other moons and planets in the vicinity.

Are we alone in the universe? Astrobiologist Dr Henry Throop on aliens, finding Earth-like planets

Henry Throop says Saturn's moon Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa could be hospitable environments, and that potatoes could possibly be grown on Mars, like Matt Damon did in The Martian | #FirstCulture