Europa Clipper launched today (Oct. 14) atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Florida, kicking off a highly anticipated ...

NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft launched at 12:06 p.m. Monday, beginning a nearly six-year, 1.8-billion-mile voyage to Jupiter, where it will study the frozen moon Europa, scanning below its ...

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft successfully launched on October 14, 2024, aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission aims to investigate Europa, one of ...

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more thick.

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more thick.

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more thick.

By that logic, could a probe to a presumed icy ocean on Jupiter’s moon, Europa, find potential for current life? ... The core is 10 feet (3 meters) high and 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide.

Life's chances on Europa would also depend on whether tidal friction heats the moon all the way to its rocky core. If the solid core is in fact warm, he said, "then you may have black smokers ...

Scientists are exploring Jupiter's moon Europa for potential life due to its subsurface ocean, rich in water, chemical elements, and energy from tidal flexing. NASA's Europa Clipper will assess ...

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more thick.

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more thick.

One of Jupiter’s 95 known moons, Europa is almost the size of our own moon. It's encased in an ice sheet estimated to be 10 miles to 15 miles or more thick.