Europa, one of Jupiter’s intriguing moons, is hiding an ocean beneath its icy shell — an ocean that might harbor alien life.

Europa is one of the largest of more than 90 moons in orbit around the planet Jupiter. It is also one of the best places to look for alien life. Often termed an "ocean world" by scientists ...

Currently, some of the best contenders for life in Earth’s backyard are celestial bodies that have subsurface water oceans, which planetary scientists call ocean worlds. One of these candidates is ...

"It's like a game of billiards around the solar system, flying by a couple of planets at just the right angle and timing to ...

Europa, is potentially inhabitable. Current data indicate that it likely has liquid water present under the ice, suggesting a heat source within the moon, and chemicals generated above and below the ...

Because it has perhaps the best probability of harboring life of ... Although Europa is icy at the surface, tidal forces created by Jupiter’s immense gravity squeeze the moon’s icy crust ...

When a mudflat crumbles on Earth, or an ice sheet splinters on one of Jupiter's moons (Europa), or an ancient lakebed breaks ...

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Rayme Traub, a Sherrard native and NASA engineer, helped design the Europa Clipper probe. On Saturday, the probe will undergo ...