Europa's Alien Life Prospects Dwindle: NASA's Juno Mission Reveals Jupiter's Moon Holds Limited Oxygen

Medicine & Technology Mar 05, 2024

Europa's potential for sustaining alien life may be limited, as the icy moon's ocean, once considered promising, may have less oxygen. Continue reading for more details.

Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Hold Carbon in Ocean Beneath Its Icy Shell [Study]

Sep 22, 2023

Earth may not only be the sole ocean world in our solar system because a new study suggests Jupiter's moon Europa may share the same title. Continue reading to learn more.

Swimming Microbots To Join the Main Mothership Robots in Exploring the Oceans of Jupiter’s Europa

Aug 31, 2023

NASA plans to send a swarm of swimming microbots deployed from the main mothership robots as they explore the oceans in Europa. Learn more about this project in this article.

Europa’s Interior Suggests Slow Evolution, Possibly Habitable Environment for Alien Life

Jun 19, 2023

Scientists from Arizona State University investigated the slow evolution of Europa’s interior formed with low initial temperatures. Find more about the study in this article.

Jupiter’s Ocean Moon Europa Lacks Fully Formed Metallic Core [Study]

Jun 18, 2023

Jupiter's ocean moon may have spent most of its life without a fully formed metallic core and that's if one exists. Continue reading to learn more.

Comet Strikes on Jupiter's Europa Could Have Delivered Ingredients for Its Hidden Ocean, Study Reveals

Dec 27, 2022

New research examines comet impacts on Jupiter's icy moon Europa to know how they could have played a role in life on Europa. Read the article to know more.

Juno Spacecraft Set To Make Its Closest Approach to Europa As Part of the Mission of Looking for Liquid Water

Sep 25, 2022

NASA's Juno spacecraft will be just 386 km from the surface of Jupiter's icy moon Europa on September 29, the closest flyby ever by the spacecraft. Read the article to learn more.

Evidence of Table Salt Found in One of Jupiter's Moons

Jun 20, 2019

Galileo missions found evidence that the frozen moon had a liquid saltwater ocean subsurface.

NASA Revealed New Discoveries On 'Ocean Worlds': Potential Alien Habitat On Saturn's Moon Enceladus Disclosed

Apr 17, 2017

NASA finally revealed the results of their findings on 'ocean worlds' found in Saturn moon's Enceladus and Jupiter's moon Europa.

Hubble Uncovered Venting Activity On Europa; Could It Be Sign Of Life Forms

Apr 16, 2017

Hubble recently discovered a venting activity on Europa's surface and scientists believed that it could it be a sign of life forms on the site.

Life On Jupiter's Moon Europa: NASA Upcoming Mission To Icy Jupiter Named Europa Clipper

Mar 13, 2017

NASA's upcoming mission to investigate the habitability of Jupiter's icy moon Europa now has a formal name: Europa Clipper.

NASA’s Europa Clipper Ready To Observe Jupiter’s Ocean-Bearing Moon

Feb 23, 2017

NASA's Europa has completed its next step to get closer to Jupiter's moon, Europa.

See What Tools Made the Cut Aboard the Upcoming Europa Clipper Mission

May 27, 2015

What would you pack for the 390 million mile trip to Jupiter's icy moon, Europa? Last year, NASA posed that question to a bevy of scientists and after whittling down the final 33 proposals, they have decided on nine items that will rocket aboard the Europa Clipper, which is set to blast off sometime after 2020.

From the Surface of Jupiter's Moon—Europa Reveals Icy Glass

May 13, 2015

The European Space Agency (ESA) has just published a striking picture of Europa, Jupiter's icy moon. In the image the surface looks like shattered glass; it reveals many interlocking cracks in the moon's icy crust which were formed by an ocean below the moon's surface. Now a team from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) led by planetary scientist Kevin Hand has identified the cracks as sea salt.

Three Moons Cast Shadow on Striped Gas Giant—Jupiter

Feb 05, 2015

Though researchers have studied the four natural satellites orbiting around Jupiter, a new set of images courtesy of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reveals a rare new view of three of the moons in action. In a rare, and short-lived event, three of the moons moved across the striped face of the gas giant, casting shadows on the planet below.