When you think of oceans you probably think of water, but the most massive reservoir of liquid in the solar system is made ...

Something extraordinary might be happening on a moon millions of miles from Earth. Imagine a world where sunlight never ...

Europa is objectively one of the most badass moons in the solar system. The relatively small moon of Jupiter is thought to have a liquid water ocean beneath its icy shell, and it's considered one ...

Though Europa is only the size of our own moon, it holds more water than all of Earth's oceans. Only some 60 million years old, Europa's brittle surface appears to be in constant flux. Energy-rich ...

Europa. The name of Jupiter's icy moon has spread around the world as a hopeful candidate for life elsewhere in our solar system. If it's there, a new NASA-funded research alliance called Oceans ...

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An icy crust lies atop the moon's liquid ocean ... could be the result of water emanating from the moon's interior. NASA is planning for a new mission known as the Europa Clipper mission, which ...

Scientists believe its vast ocean, possibly containing more water than Earth’s oceans ... Equipped with nine science instruments, Europa Clipper will study the moon’s surface and subsurface.

These pictures and the data they gathered offered the first hints that a global ocean ... that Europa's interactions with Jupiter's powerful gravity could lead to tidal flexing in the moon's ...

With plenty of ice, it can create oceans of potentially habitable liquid water. During flybys ... said Robert Pappalardo, the Europa mission’s project scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The ...

Equally important is the interaction between Europa's underground ocean and icy surface. In 2013, the Hubble Space Telescope saw water vapor above the moon's south pole, which scientists suspect ...