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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 …
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Jupiter’s icy moon Europa will make a star vanish later this month
Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, will do something astonishing this month. The moon will pass in front of a distant star later this month, obscuring the …
Here’s why Jupiter’s moon Europa spews water into space
Europa, a moon of Jupiter, is one of the few places in our solar system where we might be able to find life. New research …
This Hubble photo might be its best ever
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an absolutely stunning image of Jupiter. The image shows a multitude of storms and even the icy moon Europa …
Jupiter’s moons are warmer than they should be, but why?
New research shows that Jupiter’s moons may be keeping each other warm thanks to the effects of gravity. The tidal forces each moon applies to …
Scientists say alien life may live on Jupiter’s moon Europa
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have the conditions necessary to support life, a new study claims. The interior of the planet is believed to be liquid …
Europa’s hidden ocean supported by decades-old data
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have a vast ocean of water beneath its surface, and new data from Galileo supports that theory. Researchers found that a …
NASA’s hunt for alien life gets big boost with Europa finding
Of all the things that could make or break the potential for a world to support life, liquid water is one of the biggest. If …
Jupiter’s Europa is seriously salty
Of all the places in our solar system (besides Earth, of course), Jupiter’s moon Europa might have the best chance of hosting life. Scientists studying …
Jupiter’s Europa might be a spiky, dangerous place to land a ship
As telescope technology and other observational tools has improved over the decades we’ve learned more and more about the planets and moons in our Solar …
If there’s life on Europa, we probably won’t have to dig deep to find it
Exoplanets orbiting distant stars might be our best chance of finding advanced, complex life forms, but there’s still a handful of places in our own …
There might be alien life in our solar system, but not the kind you might expect
Scientists say there’s a real chance we’ll soon discover proof of alien life in our solar system, but it’s not going to be the kind …
Scientists release new evidence of liquid water under Europa’s icy crust
If we’re going to find extraterrestrial life inside of our own Solar System there’s only a handful of places where scientists believe we might find …
Jupiter’s ice-covered moon Europa could harbor life, researchers say
Scientists have long assumed that the earliest life on Earth required a few basic prerequisites including water and an energy source — in this case, …
Earth might be our Solar System’s last habitable planet after all
Earth is a fantastic place to be right now, but that won’t always be the case. If humanity doesn’t manage to completely destroy the planet …
This is NASA’s ridiculous new plan for harvesting samples from Jupiter’s moon
Space junkies really, really want to see what’s going on over on Jupiter’s moon, Europa. It’s a relatively small sphere compared to its host planet, …
