This graphic shows a map of Europa’s surface with NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) on NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope in the first panel and compositional maps derived from Webb’s NIRSpec/IFU ...

NASA's Voyager probes passed through Jupiter's system and snapped pictures of its largest moons, also known as the Galilean ...

Recent evidence has mounted for a large subterranean ocean underneath Europa’s icy surface, but direct confirmation of this has proven elusive – as has direct detection of water or water vapor ...

Europa's surface is crisscrossed by fractures, ridges, and bands, which have erased terrain older than about 90 million years. Citizen scientist Kevin M. Gill processed the images to enhance the ...

Europa's frozen, fissured surface, seen here in a colorized mosaic image from the Galileo spacecraft, hides a liquid ocean that may hold all the ingredients needed for life. Three key ingredients ...

But do we know enough about the surface of Europa to design a lander? The best images we have from the Galileo probe show a rough surface, but these cover only a tiny fraction of the moon.

Experts analyzed satellite imagery of planetary surface cracks and compared them with Earth's geologic features, searching for any patterns.

The Europa SUrface Dust Analyzer, developed at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, will investigate Jupiter’s icy moon Next year, technology developed at CU Boulder will begin a journey ...

Scientists have observed plumes of water vapor erupting from Europa's surface. The spacecraft will fly through these plumes to collect samples and analyze their composition for signs of life.

"If we had actual time-lapse footage of a planetary surface changing over millennia ... Mars, Venus, and Europa. The model's predictions aligned with the geological information related to the ...