Set to orbit Jupiter and make over 40 flybys of Europa, this spacecraft is built to analyze the moon’s subsurface ocean ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — NASA's Europa Clipper mission on Monday launched a satellite to investigate Europa, Jupiter’s “mysterious moon” — a world covered in ice that scientists say could ...

As the years go by, the chances of Europa hosting life seem to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet.

The Europa Clipper mission tested its E-THEMIS instrument on March 1 during a Martian practice run before it reaches its final destination in a few years: Jupiter’s moon Europa. E-THEMIS is a ...

Once at Europa in 2030, the Clipper mission will seek information about the thickness of the moon's icy shell and look for signs that life could be supported. It’s a long way from Tempe to Jupiter, ...

NASA's discoveries reveal water's prevalence beyond Earth, from subsurface oceans on moons to vapor in exoplanet atmospheres.

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...

Kromer will be working as a NASA intern from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory to study impact ...

Once the Europa Clipper takes off, ahead of the uncrewed spacecraft is a six-year journey to the Jupiter moon Europa, where the massive orbiter will get an unprecedented glimpse of an ocean world ...

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft has completed ... of the atmospheric gases and surface materials of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. The $5.2 billion Europa Clipper mission ...