"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...

Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too strong to ...

New calculations reported by Live Science indicate Jupiter was once much larger and is still contracting as it cools, offering constraints on early solar system conditions.

On Saturday (Jan. 10), for example, we will see three satellites on one side of Jupiter (going outward from the planet: Ganymede, Io and Europa ), while the fourth ( Callisto) remains all by itself on ...

Tonight, a brilliant near-full moon rises in the east with Regulus, the heart of Leo, just ahead. Don’t miss this striking ...

Jupiter reaches opposition once a year, when Earth passes directly between it and the Sun, creating the best possible viewing ...

Although Europa is the fourth largest of Jupiter’s 95 moons, it’s the smallest of the Galilean moons – the largest being Ganymede. With an equatorial diameter of about 3,100 kilometres, Europa is ...

Before the asteroid belt, there was a planet. Some called it Maldek. It had oceans, an atmosphere, and possibly life. Then something — or someone — destroyed it. Its moon was thrown free and now ...

Three supermoons will lighten up the night skies in 2026, the stunning result when a full moon inches closer to Earth than ...