There's a broad consensus in the scientific community that a follow-up mission to Pluto should be an orbiter, and not a ...

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NASA's Europa Clipper will be exploring whether Jupiter's icy moon Europa could harbor conditions suitable to life. The launch date is scheduled for October 10, 2024 ...

NASA has launched its Europa Clipper mission to the icy moon of Jupiter. Thought to contain an underground ocean and potentially habitable environment, Europa has long been a tantalizing target.

The moon's icy surface is crisscrossed by mysterious dark streaks, and it has so-called "chaos terrains" filled with cracks and fissures. Europa Clipper's suite of on-board instruments, ...

The Europa Clipper launched at 12:06 p.m. EDT on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Ahead of the Clipper is a six-year, 1.8 billion-mile journey to ...

Lake Effect astronomy contributor Jean Creighton shares some myths behind some of our solar system’s most famous moons and ...

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.

Europa, Jupiter's icy moon, taken from aboard NASA's Juno spacecraft during a flyby on Sept. 29, 2022. (NASA/JPL) ...

A long-awaited mission to an icy moon of Jupiter is on track to launch in just a few weeks, NASA officials said Tuesday in an event previewing the launch.