In a remarkable moment during its journey toward Jupiter, NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft managed to capture a stunning ...

Visible on the planet itself is a dark patch near the top, marking the frigid northern polar cap, where temperatures dip to ...

Europa Clipper cost about $3.8 billion to make and launch, and it will cost another $1.2 billion to operate until it completes its core mission in 2034, according to the Planetary Society.

The Europa Clipper spacecraft, which main science goal is to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, that could support life, is seen in April being ...

On Oct. 14, NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft began a vital mission. It will be investigating the potential habitability of Jupiter's icy ocean moon Europa — but first, it has to get there.

NASA's Europa Clipper has embarked on its long voyage to Jupiter, where it will investigate Europa, a moon with an enormous subsurface ocean that may have conditions to support life. The ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper, managed out of the Pasadena campus and carrying the most sophisticated probing devices ever sent to the outer solar system, rocketed away at 9:06 a.m. Pacific Time aboard ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper will take off today. You can watch the launch live during a live stream on NASA’s website. the Europa Clipper mission is one of the most exciting of the year, with NASA ...

Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon’s icy crust where an ocean is thought to be sloshing fairly close to the surface. It won’t search for life, but rather determine whether conditions ...

NASA scientists recently used Europa Clipper’s instruments to take readings of Mars, as the spacecraft was passing within just 550 miles of the red planet’s surface on March 1.

It will take Europa Clipper 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit around the giant gas planet and sneak close to Europa during dozens of radiation-drenched flybys.

The Europa Clipper mission launched using a SpaceX Falcon Heavy at 12:06 p.m. ET today, Monday October 14, from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, setting off on its long ...