A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth.

NASA has discovered a geological wonder on Jupiter’s fiery moon Io, the most volcanically active ... so we anticipate ...

For the first time, we are sending a spacecraft to explore an alien ocean world—a moon that might host life today ...

they are the volcanic Io (which is so close that it is stretched and squeezed by Jupiter's massive gravitational grip), Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. NASA explains that, as the second large moon ...

These images will give us the most-detailed map of Europa yet ... or debris blown out into space by the nearby volcanic moon Io before settling on Europa. Clipper will also be joined at the ...

In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have traveled to distant locations — Antarctica and its ice sheets, Chile and ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully launched Monday afternoon from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s ...

In the aftermath of hurricane winds and rains, under clear conditions in Cape Canaveral, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket blasted ...

NASA and SpaceX have launched NASA’s Europa Clipper mission to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.

"Studying the inhospitable landscape of Io ... moon." Using a mathematical equation called spherical harmonic decomposition, a way of understanding round objects, Pettine broke down Juno's flyby ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is set for launch, finally revealing if this icy moon of Jupiter is habitable or not.

The first dedicated spacecraft to explore Europa, the mission will investigate the potential habitability of the moon's ...