NASA's Europa Clipper mission has launched to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa, which may harbor a potentially habitable ocean ...

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 ...

NASA's Europa Clipper is about to use Mars' gravitational pull to slingshot itself as it makes its way to Jupiter's fourth-largest moon later this week. The craft launched from the agency's ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft, designed to explore the icy moon Europa, is set to launch on October 10, 2024. The mission aims to investigate whether the moon, believed to have a subsurface ...

The spacecraft will skim as low as 16 miles (25 kilometers) above Europa — much closer than the few previous visitors. Onboard radar will attempt to penetrate the moon's ice sheet, believed to ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper craft was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket, aiming to conduct its first mission to study Jupiter’s icy ocean moon Europa. Photo: John Raoux/AP ...