On Earth, deep-sea vents may have given rise to the planet’s first life. But nothing of the sort seems to be happening at the ...

A new study reveals Jupiter's moon Europa likely lacks active geology on its seafloor, reducing chances of life in its vast ...

"We're not saying, and we can't say, that there's no life in Europa. What we're saying is that it's a harder proposition, ...

Scientists studying Jupiter’s moon Europa have zeroed in on a strange, spider-like feature etched into the moon’s icy shell, ...

A study has cast doubt on the idea that Jupiter's moon Europa, where NASA has sent a spacecraft, could have conditions to ...

New research casts doubt on the prospects for a habitable, active environment beneath the frozen surface of Jupiter’s moon ...

Jupiter's moon Europa is on the short list of places in our solar system seen as promising in the search for life beyond ...

While there’s no concrete consensus on a list of prerequisites for life to evolve on other planets, there are at least a ...

A new study is skeptical that life could still be present on Jupiter's moon Europa, where a NASA spacecraft launched in ...

NASA launched the Europa Clipper spacecraft in 2024 with the goal of investigating whether conditions favorable for life ...

A study published in Nature Communications suggests that Europa’s rocky seafloor is likely too mechanically strong to support ...

After modeling Europa's conditions, the researchers concluded that its rocky seafloor is likely mechanically too strong to ...