The search for life-supporting worlds in the solar system includes the Jovian moon Europa. Yes, it's an iceberg of a world, ...

Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

Europa’s subsurface ocean might be getting fed after all. Scientists found that salty, nutrient-rich surface ice can become ...

Scientists with expertise in geophysics at Washington State University have developed an alternative pathway for the transport of nutrients to the deep ocean under Europa’s exterior surface. Europa, a ...

A new study is skeptical that life could still be present on Jupiter's moon Europa, where a NASA spacecraft launched in Florida is bound.

Geophysicists at Washington State University have uncovered a possible explanation for how nutrients may travel into the subsurface ocean of Europa, a moon of Jupiter that ranks among the strongest ...

A new study shows how salt-enriched ice can sink through pure ice, potentially delivering nutrients to deeper parts of the ocean.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy ...

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

It's nothing like plate tectonics on Earth, but it could fuel the development of life, according to a new analysis. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) Share ...

Does Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, contain the conditions for life as we know it? This is what a recent study published in Nature Communications hopes to address as a team of scientists from the United ...

A NASA spacecraft that launched in 2024 from Florida may be in for disappointment when it reaches a Jupiter moon to search for signs of life – at least, if a new study carries weight. Jupiter's moon ...