How nutrients from Europa's icy shell reach its ocean has been unclear despite several theories.

"Most excitingly, this new idea addresses one of the longstanding habitability problems on Europa and is a good sign for the ...

On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A VIEW of Jupiter After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond Earth, with a large subsurface ocean thought to ...

New models suggest that Europa has very little tectonic activity at its seafloor, which is potentially catastrophic news for ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa, one of the best bets for finding life beyond Earth. Europa Clipper will peer beneath the moon's icy crust where ...

NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft in 2024 with the goal of investigating whether conditions favorable for life exist on Europa.