Europa’s churning ice crust could reveal signs of ocean life, new study suggests.
Europa
Seeking Salt That Surfaces from Europa’s Hidden Ocean
Irradiation-induced color changes in sodium chloride could reveal whether it came from ocean water mixing with surface water, a key component of the moon’s potential to support life.
Geologic Map of Europa Highlights Targets for Future Exploration
The first such map of the icy moon puts its strange surface features into perspective.
New Report Details How NASA Could Land on Europa
A team of scientists laid out extensive details about a hypothetical future landing mission to find life on Jupiter's moon.
New Images Give More Proof for Europa's Plumes
Researchers used a modified version of a technique for discovering exoplanets to view Jupiter's icy moon in a new light.
Hubble Gazes at Europa's Aurora
Scientists get their best glimpse yet of the shimmering phenomena on one of Jupiter's most intriguing moons.
Jupiter's Europa Helps Earthlings See Sister Moon's Volcano
By briefly slipping between Earth and sister Jovian moon Io, Europa fortuitously enabled an Earth-based telescope to observe, with greater detail than ever before, a huge, puzzling volcano on Io.
NASA Selects Science Instruments for Europa Mission
The instruments chosen for a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa include cameras, spectrometers, magnetometers, and an ice-penetrating radar.