Scientists have long suspected that beneath the cracked, icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa lies a vast ocean of liquid water, twice as large as the oceans on Earth. And that ultra-cold water may ...

Astronomers have long suspected that Jupiter's moon Europa holds a salty ocean beneath its thick icy crust that could support life. Now, NASA has confirmed the detection of water erupting from large ...

Scientists say similarities between Greenland and Europa show Jupiter's moon might be able to sustain life. The surface of Europa, some 390 million miles away, shows “striking double ridge features” ...

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.

Europa’s frozen surface is covered with distinctive pairs of ridges that straddle troughs of ice. These double ridges are the most common features on the Jovian moon. But scientists don’t yet have a ...

The icy surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa appears to be continually feeding its thin atmosphere with water vapor, according to Hubble observations made from 1999 to 2015. New research published in ...

Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa. This finding bolsters other Hubble observations suggesting ...

One of the most promising locations to search for life in our solar system isn’t on a planet — it’s on a moon, specifically Jupiter’s moon Europa. Now, new evidence from the Hubble Space Telescope ...

Finding plumes at Europa is an exciting prospect, but scientists warn it’ll be tricky, even from up close. In 2005, images of a brilliant watery plume erupting from the surface of Saturn’s moon ...

Liquid water might abound just below the ice-covered surface of Jupiter's moon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A ridge etched ...

It turns out Titan isn’t the only moon in our solar system that has the key ingredients for life. Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa, has emerged as a contender, based on new research. Europa is ...

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