The ambitious mission won't actually look for life on Jupiter's moon Europa, but it should find out if the presumed ocean provides a habitable environment.
Scientists are eager to see if Europa's subsurface ocean could support life, as NASA's Europa Clipper is scheduled to begin its journey.
one of Jupiter’s many moons, to take the first detailed step toward finding out. The Europa Clipper mission will allow the US space agency to uncover new details about the moon, which scientists ...
A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter's ... exists beneath Europa's icy crust. And where there is water, there could be life, making the moon one of the most ...
The huge spacecraft is headed toward the icy moon Europa, where it will use an array of instruments to survey for geologic activity, magnetism and more ...
The mission aims to investigate Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, which is believed to harbor a vast subsurface ocean beneath ...
It will take Europa Clipper 5 1/2 years to reach Jupiter, where it will slip into orbit around giant gas planet and sneak close to Europa during dozens of radiation-drenched flybys ...
A NASA spacecraft rocketed away Monday on a quest to explore Jupiter ... exists beneath Europa’s icy crust. And where there is water, there could be life, making the moon one of the most ...