A spacecraft the size of a basketball court, with solar arrays that stretch longer than a tennis court, is cruising through the solar system on a mission to one of the most tantalizing places in the ...

NASA’s announcement came in the wake of a $500 million hike in budget for 2015, to $18.5 billion. The space agency will now plan out the robotic mission, to be launched in the next decade. NASA chief ...

How do you solve a problem like Europa? The icy moon of Jupiter is thought to host a vast ocean beneath its frozen crust, making it an ideal target to look for life beyond Earth. But the tiny world ...

Jupiter's moon Europa has become high-value real estate for astrobiologists and the search for life beyond Earth. This is because the small moon, which is slightly smaller than Earth's moon, boasts a ...

The Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission (JUICE) launched on Friday to boldly go where few spacecrafts have gone before: Jupiter. As the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter has more than 60 ...