Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — ...

Nasa's old Galileo data reveals ammonia-bearing compounds on Europa's icy surface near fractured zones.

Washington State University geophysicists offer new ideas on how Jupiter’s Moon Euro could provide for life from above.

"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, based on our results." When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

A new study is skeptical that life could still be present on Jupiter's moon Europa, where a NASA spacecraft launched in Florida is bound.

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

Scientists believe Europa's seafloor is likely tectonically quiet, without active volcanoes or hot water plumes. These findings contrast with the long-held theory that Europa is a promising location ...

Europa's hidden ocean could thus be fed by the sinking ice, which carries down oxidants and nutrients produced on the surface ...

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When it comes to the search for extraterrestrial life, research focuses on the so-called habitable zone of stars. This may ...

New research suggests that sinking ice on Jupiter's moon, Europa, may be slowly delivering life-supporting chemicals to its subsurface ocean.