New research suggests there may be a narrow window of possibility for life to persist on the icy moons of the outer solar system.

Once a star reaches the end of its life stage and becomes a red giant, any chance for life is extinguished. This is also true for our Sun, which is expected to turn into a red giant in about five ...

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 ...

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 ...

In an ambitious $5 billion mission, NASA is poised to send a probe called the Europa Clipper to see if the icy moon has the key characteristics of a habitable world. Skip to main content Arrow-right ...

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

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 ...

Europa Clipper has launched: Spacecraft 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 ...

NASA NASA spacecraft to scour Jupiter's icy moon in search of life-supporting conditions Europa Clipper, NASA's largest spacecraft built to study another planet, will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon ...

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 ...

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 ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...