Europa

The Search For Life On Europa Could Center On Celestial Party-Crashers

The cool thing about space missions is long after they conclude, the data can yield the most interesting information. Here's…

10 years ago

These Antarctic Research Photos Look Like Exploration on Another Planet

Some day, human explorers will land a spacecraft on the surface of Europa, Enceladus, Titan, or some other icy world…

11 years ago

Poof! This Spacecraft Could Get Under A Planet’s Skin

If you want to get inside a planet or moon fast, the European Space Agency says lobbing a spacecraft at…

11 years ago

Hydrogen Peroxide Could Feed Life on Europa

According to research by NASA astronomers using the next-generation optics of the 10-meter Keck II telescope, Jupiter's ice-encrusted moon Europa…

11 years ago

Evidence for a Deep Ocean on Europa Might be Found on its Surface

Astronomer Mike Brown and his colleague Kevin Hand might be suffering from "Pump Handle Phobia," as radio personality Garrison Keillor…

11 years ago

In an Isolated, Ice-Covered Antarctic Lake Far Below Freezing, Life is Found

Lake Vida lies within one of Antarctica's cold, arid McMurdo Dry Valleys (Photo: Desert Research Institute) Even inside an almost…

11 years ago

Enticing Trailer for New Movie about a Mission to Europa

Here's a trailer from a new movie called "Europa Report" about a near-future mission to Jupiter's moon, Europa, in search…

11 years ago

ESA Turns On The JUICE For New Jupiter Mission

[/caption] The European Space Agency has given the go-ahead for an exciting mission to explore the icy moons of Jupiter,…

12 years ago

Europa’s Acidic Oceans May Prohibit Life

[/caption] The more we explore our solar system, the more we find things in common. Jupiter's frigid moon - Europa…

12 years ago

Ancient Antarctic Ice Sampled In Lake Vostok Drill

[/caption] Sealed off for millions of years beneath an almost impenetrable layer of ice, Lake Vostok has kept a vast…

12 years ago