Europa

First closeup picture of Europa in 20 years reveals rugged terrain and degraded crater

We're basically space paparazzi.

By Cassidy Ward | 

3 months ago

It may be snowing upside down in the water beneath Europa’s surface

Europa's ice shell might be weirder than we thought.

By Cassidy Ward | 

5 months ago

JWST: Jupiter watched by a space telescope

The king of the planets looks spectacular in infrared.

By Phil Plait | 

6 months ago

Jupiter's moon Europa is getting salty

Table salt all but confirmed on its surface.

By Phil Plait | 

6 months ago

Are alien oceans too freezing for life-forms?

You're about to plunge into uncharted waters.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

8 months ago

Jupiter's moon Europa is covered in weird double ridges. Now one's been spotted in Greenland

These ridges may support the idea of life swimming in Europa's undersurface ocean.

By Phil Plait | 

9 months ago

Europa's 'chaos terrains' deliver Earth-level oxygen to the ocean below

It's like a bunch of frozen snorkels helping Europan aliens to breathe.

By Cassidy Ward | 

9 months ago

Is Europa spewing water into space? This is how NASA is going to find out

NASA's Europa Clipper Mission will find out whether Europa erupts in spectacular vapor plumes like Enceladus.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Why is Europa spewing most of its water vapor out of one side?

Europa is thought to have a subsurface ocean, so why is most of its water vapor only coming out one end?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Europa’s radiation-bombed surface could affect the search for life-forms in its depths

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago