At the end of October Europa Clipper will fly in line with 3I/ATLAS’ ion tail — but will any of the charged particles reach ...

Astronomers may be just weeks away from an unprecedented opportunity to learn more about our solar system’s interstellar ...

Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, will do something astonishing this month. The moon will pass in front of a distant star later this month, obscuring the light of a distant star from Earth's view. While ...

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AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The outer layer of one of Jupiter’s moons, Europa, is solid ice and strong evidence supports an ocean flowing below. New research led by the University of Texas at Austin is ...

In a recent laboratory study analyzing the likelihood of life on Jupiter’s moon Europa, NASA scientists discovered something bizarre. Europa’s nightside likely glows with a shimmering light. The ...

Jupiter is not only our solar system’s most visually striking planet, it is also surrounded by a large number of moons — one of which is a promising location to search for life. Europa, one of the ...

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One of the solar system's best candidates for alien life — an ocean world called Europa — might glow in the dark. Europa is a moon of Jupiter that hides a global ocean deep beneath its icy crust. But ...

Intense radiation from the giant planet Jupiter causes the night side of its moon Europa to visibly glow in the dark – a phenomenon that could help scientists learn if it can sustain simple forms of ...

Jupiter’s fourth largest of its 79 moons, Europa, is more like a planet than a moon. About 1,900 miles/3,100 kilometers in diameter, it’s smaller than our own Moon, but larger than dwarf planet Pluto.