A NASA mission to explore a Jupiter moon believed to be one of our galaxy's most promising locations to search for life-supporting conditions is at long last underway. The Europa Clipper launched ...

Jupiter’s icy moon Europa is suspected of harboring a vast ocean that may be capable of supporting life. The $5-billion Europa Clipper spacecraft is the largest interplanetary probe ever built ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. Monday, beginning a nearly six-year, 1.8-billion-mile voyage to Jupiter, where it will study the frozen moon Europa, scanning below its ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft is set to explore Jupiter's moon Europa, ... Europa Clipper will assess whether Europa's conditions, such as its ocean beneath an icy crust, could support life.

The discovery by NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe in 1979 of active volcanoes on the nearby moon Io indicated that Europa could have its own hot interior, including the kind of hydrothermal vents ...

Spacecraft Europa Clipper traveling to Jupiter's icy moon to look for signs of life "Our next chapter in space exploration has begun," NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said after the launch.

NASA JPL’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, the largest planetary probe ever built, will launch as early as Friday to explore Jupiter’s icy ocean moon. Oct. 9, 2024 ...

NASA's Europa Clipper mission aims to study whether the liquid water ocean beneath Europa's icy crust could potentially support life.

It is expected to reach Jupiter in April 2030 to study Europa, the icy-surfaced moon, which is roughly the size of Earth’s moon and thought to have “ingredients for life,” such as water ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will investigate whether an icy moon of Jupiter can support alien life. Oct 6, 2024. Europa Clipper: 8 things to know about NASA's mission to an ocean moon of Jupiter.

A NASA mission to explore a Jupiter moon believed to be one of our galaxy's most promising locations to search for life-supporting conditions is at long last underway. The Europa Clipper launched ...

The fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, Europa is an icy celestial body that scientists have long suspected could harbor the conditions necessary to support life beneath its surface.